2008-10-06
This CD brings together artists who were legendary in the Nashville, Tennessee blues scene years ago. The 18 cuts are all rather banal down-home-blues style tunes (think Z.Z. Hill or Clarence Carter without their spunk) and many of the tunes are disappointingly predictable. For example, on track #12, Girlfriend Blues, Johnny Jones describes discovering his girlfriend in bed with another woman (who “ironically” is a woman he was having an affair with) and of course, he wraps up the song with the hope of joining in.BENJAMIN BOOKER
BENJAMIN BOOKER
Mick Kolassa & Mark Telesca
You Can't Do That
CHICAGO BLUES ALL-STARS
Red, Hot & Blue
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Things About Comin' My Way: A Tribute to the Music of the Mississippi Sheiks
OTIS REDDING
LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP
ETTA BRITT
ETTA DOES DELBERT
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