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The Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Collection
(1991)
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Various Artists
This solid 2-disc compilation celebrates two decades of this label's existence. There are many worthwhile tracks but few surprises. Bill Dahl, All Music Guide
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You Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Dead & Gone)
(1997)
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Muddy Waters Tribute Band
This tribute album breaks no new ground but does a superb job of re-creating the Chicago ensemble sound, as well as the songs, of the latter-day Muddy Waters Band. That comes as no surprise, since the core group here literally was Muddy Waters' backup unit from 1974 to 1980: Bob Margolin and Luther "Guitar Jr" Johnson on guitars, Pinetop Perkins ...
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Boogie Woogie King
(1976)
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Pinetop Perkins
Although he did not have an album issued under his name as a leader until 1988, pianist Pinetop Perkins actually should have had one released in 1976, when he cut the eight tracks on this recently reissued Evidence CD for the Black and Blue label. They did not appear until 1992, which is a shame. Perkins' trademark boogie-woogie riffs, rumbling ...
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The Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Tour
(1993)
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Recorded on live on Alligator Records' 20th Anniversary Tour, this double disc set is a showcase for the label's artists. Featuring an array of their most popular acts -- Koko Taylor, Lonnie Brooks, Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials, Elvin Bishop -- the record doesn't deliver any surprises, yet these performances are frequently more exciting than ...
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Telarc's We Got the Blues
(1999)
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Telarc's Got the Blues is a various-artists sampler of Telarc's contemporary blues artists, as well as the classic-era veterans still pursuing recording careers for the label. Featured are Junior Wells, Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Tab Benoit, Kenny Neal, William Bell, and more. It's a decent introduction to the Telarc roster, although there ...
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Blind Pig Records: 20th Anniversary Collection
(1997)
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San Francisco's Blind Pig Records celebrates their 20th anniversary with this two-disc, 36-track collection featuring over two hours' worth of highlights from their many releases with a few unreleased bonus tracks to spice up the mix. Originally started as a sideline to a blues club in Ann Arbor, MI, with an ear toward documenting the local scene ...
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Antone's 20th Anniversary
(1996)
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Antone's 20th Anniversary is a double-disc set that celebrates the legendary Texas club and it rich musical legacy. Over the course of the set, some of the biggest and best names of not only Texas blues, but American blues contribute positively ripping live tracks -- it's always a joy to hear the likes of Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Kim Wilson, and ...
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Ladies Man
(2004)
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Pinetop Perkins
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Born in the Delta
(1997)
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Pinetop Perkins/Tony O/Portnoy/Vickers
Pinetop Perkins was 83-years-old when he recorded Born in the Delta in 1996. As a singer, he still had plenty of soul and spirit and got his points across convincingly. And as a pianist, he still had sizable chops. In terms of material, he tends to favor blues standards that have been done to death, including Jimmy Reed's "Baby, What You Want Me ...
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Evidence Blues Sampler
(1992)
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Various Artists
Evidence's blues reissue campaign has been exhaustive and diverse in its artistic and stylistic range, something that is reflected in this 15-cut sampler culled from various sessions. There is vintage material from John Lee Hooker, J.B. Hutto, and the tandem of Junior Wells and Buddy Guy, plus classic R&B by Louis Jordan and Big Joe Turner and ...
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Let It Pour
(1996)
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Various Artists
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Heritage of the Blues: The Complete Hightone Sessions
(2003)
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Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins' Heritage of the Blues: The Complete Hightone Sessions is a welcome if strange reissue. In a sense, none of the tracks here have been issued before -- at least not in this form. These sessions took place over two years in the Octobers of 1996 and 1997 in Chicago. There are 15 tracks here, including Perkins classic originals such as ...
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Back on Top
(2000)
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Pinetop Perkins
Boogie-woogie pianist and Muddy Waters Band alumni Pinetop Perkins is in fine form on his second Telarc disc, Back on Top. These ten tunes cover familiar territory that most blues fans will know by heart, including "Hi-Heel Sneakers," "Kansas City," and "Down in Mississippi." Perkins' band, consisting of Denny Breau on guitar, Michael "Mudcat" ...
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Chicago Blues Session, Vol. 12
(1998)
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John Brim & Pinetop Perkins
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Sun Records: 25 Blues Classics
(2001)
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Various Artists
While it inevitably shares certain material with Rhino's similarly themed 1990 Blue Flames: Sun Blues Collection, this 2001 edition on Varese presents a generous 25 tracks (compared with Rhino's relatively meager 18) and digs deeper into the Sun vaults for its material. Since only five tunes are duplicated from the earlier release, it actually ...
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Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 2
(1978)
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Various Artists
This set is almost as incendiary as Vol. 1, thanks to four sides each from Magic Slim, Lonnie Brooks, and Pinetop Perkins. Bill Dahl, All Music Guide
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Blues Routes: Heroes & Tricksters
(1999)
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Various Artists
Seventeen live performances on this blues compilation, drawn from 1990-95 recordings that were done for the Folk Masters series distributed by Public Radio International; all of these were recorded at either the Barns of Wolf Trap or Carnegie Hall. There's a lot of variety and numerous styles represented: work songs, folksy songsters, modern ...
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Live at 85
(1999)
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Pinetop Perkins
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Arhoolie Presents American Masters, Vol. 8: 15 Piano Blues & Boogie Classics
(1997)
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For Volume Eight of its American Masters budget series, Arhoolie tackles the "blues piano" theme, with a crushing emphasis on the boogie-woogie styles of various Chicago, Kansas City, Texas, Louisiana, and Delta players. The pacing of this album does get predictable after a while (fast boogie, slow blues, fast boogie, slow blues...), but there's ...
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Down in Mississippi
(1998)
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Pinetop Perkins
Despite the romantic title, these are private recordings done in Pinetop's home in Chicago in 1996 and 1997. This album finds him in an unaccompanied solo setting, with the first six selections featuring him manning an electric piano while the other seven tracks put him behind a conventional acoustic model. Lots of boogies and shuffles here for ...
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Legends
(1998)
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Pinetop Perkins & Hubert Sumlin
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Blind Pig Records' 25th Anniversary Collection
(2001)
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Following the precedent established by previous label best-of's like Blind Pig Sampler (1990) and Blind Pig Records: 20th Anniversary Collection (1997), Blind Pig Records' 25th Anniversary Collection digs into the blues label's deep archive for a number of classic performances. Some of the featured performances include B.B. King and Arthur Adams' ...
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Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
(1992)
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Pinetop Perkins
The maze of new and recent discs by this veteran Chicago piano man can be daunting, but rest assured that this is one of his best to date. Many of the songs are Perkins standbys -- "Kidney Stew," "Caldonia," and of course, "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" -- but the backing here is so stellar (sidemen include harpists James Cotton and Kim Wilson, ...
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A Celebration of Blues: Chicago Blues
(1996)
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Various Artists
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Live at Antone's, Vol. 1
(2000)
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Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins spent the bulk of his career playing in bands, and this 1995 live set, recorded at the 20th anniversary of Antone's in Austin, TX, the month he turned 82, is very much a band album. Perkins sings in a creaky, breathy voice and plays piano in his trademark barrelhouse style, but his accompaniment, consisting of regular bassist ...
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