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.Glen David Andrews
Redemttion
LIL' CLIFF & THE CLIFFHANGERS
THE LOVIN' KIND
MARIA MULDAUR WITH TUBA SKINNY
LET'S GET HAPPY TOGETHER
The Billy Gibson Band
Live at Rum Boogie Cafe
THE MAINSTAYS
The Mainstays
CAROLYN WONDERLAND
PEACE MEAL
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