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.Shorty Kreutz
Full Custom Boogie
TOMMY CASTRO AND THE PAINKILLERS
STOMPIN' GROUND
SUSAN TEDESCHI
BACK TO THE RIVER
GHOST TOWN BLUES BAND
Dark Horse
LIZ MANDEVILLE
CLARKSDALE
THE HOMEMADE JAMZ BLUES BAND
THE GAME
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