Blues Masters, Vol. 18: More Slide Guitar Classics (1998)

About this title: Rhino's second slide guitar anthology leads off with a couple of dyed-in-the-wool classics with Muddy Waters' "I Can't Be Satisfied" and Elmore James' "The Sky Is Crying." But the emphasis on this 18-track disc is much more on little-heard delights that might come as surprises even to knowledgeable blues fans. Earl Hooker's "Wah Wah Blues" shows him playing around with the wah wah pedal to great effect in late 1968; Boyd Gilmore's 1952 single "All My Dreams" has great raw soloing from Elmore James (spliced in from James' "Please Find My Baby" single); Chuck Berry's "Blues for Hawaiians" ... read more

Tracks:

1. I Can't Be Satisfied [Morganfield]
2. The Sky Is Crying [Robinson/James/Lewi]
3. Take Five [Taylor]
4. I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole [Johnson/Traditional]
5. Hip Shakin' [Hutto]
6. Little Boy Blue [Lockwood]
7. Rockin' in the Coconut Top [Semien/Shuler]
8. Your Leg's Too Little [Turner]
9. I'm Worried [James/Lewis/Robinso]
10. Green and Lucky Blues [Whittaker]
11. John Henry [Traditional]
12. Death Letter [Alternate Take] [House]
13. Wah Wah Blues [Hooker]
14. Dallas [Winter]
15. All in My Dreams [Gilmore/Taub]
16. Blues for Hawaiians [Berry]

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