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.PAUL RODGERS
THE ROYAL SESSIONS
SUGAR RAY AND THE BLUETONES FEATURING LITTLE CHARLIE
TOO FAR FROM THE BAR
DICKY JAMES AND THE BLUE FLAMES
Hard Rain
MARCIA BALL
TATTOOED LADY AND THE ALLIGATOR MAN
Debra Farris
Gotcha Covered
Blackfoot Gypsies
To The Top
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