2009-05-11
This looks like a greatest hits compilation but it’s actually a retrospective performed by a modern Chicago collective calling themselves The Living History Band. They’re joined by 4 of Chicago’s great blues traditionalists – harp masters Billy Boy Arnold and Billy Branch; and guitarists Lurrie Bell and John Primer. Extensive liners explain the significance of the honored artists, none of whom, it could be pointed out, were born north of the Mason-Dixon.
CHARLES WILSON
Troubled Child
JAMES KINDS
Love You from the Top
The Suitcase Junket
Dying Star
CHICKENBONE SLIM
THE BIG BEAT
Erin Harpe & The Delta Swingers
Love Whip Blues
Anthony Geraci and The Boston Blues All Stars
Fifty Shades Of Blue
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