Blues Next: The New Generation (1998)

About this title: This budget-priced 11-track compilation highlights selections from contemporary blues artists and blues-rockers in a wide range of styles that holds together nicely. Pulling together selections all recorded in the 1990s, this features modern day blues rockers like Monster Mike Welch ("Axe to Grind"), Tinsley Ellis ("To the Devil for a Dime"), Chris Duarte ("My Way Down"), Corey Stevens and Tommy Castro ("This Soul Is Mine") pitted against more traditionally minded or rootsier players like Bernard Allison, Lucky Peterson, Coco Montoya ("Same Dog") and Smokin' Joe Kubek ("Can't See for Lovin'") ... read more

Tracks:

1. My Way Down [Duarte/Jordan]
2. To the Devil for a Dime [Long]
3. Blue Drops of Rain [Stevens]
4. Can't See for Lookin' [King/Kubek]
5. Axe to Grind [Lewis/Perriwinkle]
6. Young Boy's Blues [Allison]
7. This Soul Is Mine [Castro/Gilbert]
8. Sweet Goddess of Love and Beer [Horowitz]
9. Same Dog [MacLeod/Montoya]
10. I Won't Worry [Morris]
11. Beyond Cool [Peterson]
12. Runnin' Blues [Trout]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.