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1. I
Wish You Would · Billy Boy Arnold with Tony Mcphee
2. Road Runner (Live)
· Bo Diddley
3. Hard Walking Hanna
· Jimmy Reed
4. When My First Wife Quit Me · Jimmy Johnson
5. Lonesome · Memphis Slim
6. Alabama Train · Louisiana Red
7. I Had It So Hard · Sunnyland Slim
8. Don't Stay Out All Night · Billy Boy Arnold with Tony McPhee
9. Cry Before I Go · Jimmy Reed
10. Rollin' And Tumblin (Live) · Muddy Waters
11. Dust My Broom (Live) · Muddy Waters
12. Down At The Corner Grocery Store · Jimmy Reed
13. Neighbour, Neighbour · King Biscuit Boy with Ronnie Hawkins Band
14. Soft And Mellow Stella · Sunnyland Slim |
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By now, it’s been pretty well established that
lots of folks—black, white, male, female—have
the essential spirit that the blues requires, but it’s
also clear that not everyone does. Still, if this compilation
is anything to go by, it does help your blues credentials
considerably to spend some time in Chicago. All of the
artists featured here have the Windy City in common
(with one exception: Richard Newell, born in Hamilton,
Ontario). These players turned blues from rural to urban
music: tough, hard-driving and, most importantly, amplified.
Their efforts in turn inspired generations of white
musicians on bosh sides of the Atlantic.
— Mac Randall |
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