2008-10-06
This CD brings together artists who were legendary in the Nashville, Tennessee blues scene years ago. The 18 cuts are all rather banal down-home-blues style tunes (think Z.Z. Hill or Clarence Carter without their spunk) and many of the tunes are disappointingly predictable. For example, on track #12, Girlfriend Blues, Johnny Jones describes discovering his girlfriend in bed with another woman (who “ironically” is a woman he was having an affair with) and of course, he wraps up the song with the hope of joining in.RUTHIE FOSTER
The Truth According to Ruthie Foster
CASH BOX KINGS
BLACK TOPPIN
REV. BILLY C. WIRTZ
FULL CIRCLE
MUDDY V AND THE HOUSE ROCKERS
Muddy V and The House Rockers
Tim Woods
The Blues Sessions
Various Artists
Stax Does The Beatles
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