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.LISA MILLS
I'M CHANGING
JASON VIVONE AND THE BILLY BATS
Lather Rinse Repeat
JIMMY THACKERY AND THE DRIVERS
LIVE IN DETROIT
DELTA WIRES
BORN IN OAKLAND
Fillmore Slim
The Legendary Fillmore Slim
KELLEY HUNT
MERCY
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