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.CASH BOX KINGS
BLACK TOPPIN
BRYAN LEE
PLAY ONE FOR ME
STUDEBAKER JOHN'S MAXWELL STREET KINGS
THAT'S THE WAY YOU DO
WATERMELON SLIM
TRAVELING MAN
Webb Wilder
Mississippi Moderne
BIG AL AND THE HEAVYWEIGHTS
WORLD FULL OF TROUBLE
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