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.Deb Ryder
Let It Rain
KENNY "BLUES BOSS" WAYNE
INSPIRED BY THE BLUES
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
TAKE THE HIGH ROAD
Sass Jordan
REBEL MOON BLUES
ROD PIAZZA AND THE MIGHTY FLYERS
EMERGENCY SITUATION
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND
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