National Geographic: Destination Chicago (2001)

About this title: A collection of the electric blues from the Windy City. These ones are culled entirely from the old Alligator and Delmark archives (surprisingly not taking from the Chess archives). This avoidance of Chess aside, there's some noteworthy stuff in here. All of the major players from the Chicago scene are represented here, from the opening of the genre by Muddy Waters through to the almost-current recordings of Luther Allison. The album starts out with Allison, then moves into bluesharp virtuoso Carey Bell in a shuffling Low Down Dirty Shame. Koko Taylor is represented by Let the Good Times Roll ... read more

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Soul Fixin' Man [Allison/Solberg]
3. Low Down Dirty Shame [Bell]
4. Let the Good Times Roll [Moore/Theard]
5. Take Me to the River [Green/Hodges]
6. Got Lucky Last Night [Baker]
7. Hoodoo Man Blues [Wells/Williamson]
8. I Ain't Got You [Carter]
9. Hey Bartender [Dixon]
10. Frigidaire Woman [Matson]
11. Mayor Daley's Blues [Harrington]
12. Sweet Home Chicago [Traditional]
13. Rollin' and Tumblin' [Morganfield]

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