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.Various Artists
Muddy Waters 100
FIONA BOYES
BLUES WOMAN
ANTHONY GERACI
DAYDREAMS IN BLUE
Keb' Mo'
BLUESAMERICANA
NEW MOON JELLY ROLL FREEDOM ROCKERS
VOLUME ONE
ROD PIAZZA AND THE ALL MIGHTY FLYERS
ALMIGHTY DOLLAR
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