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.MARKUS JAMES
Snakeskin Violin
MARIA MULDAUR WITH TUBA SKINNY
LET'S GET HAPPY TOGETHER
THE DEREK TRUCKS BAND
ROADSONGS
LYNWOOD SLIM & THE IGOR PRAD0 BAND
BRAZILIAN KICKS
MR. GROOVE BAND
ROCKET 88 TRIBUTE TO IKE TURNER
THE MYSTIX
Down to the Shore
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