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Can't Quit the Blues
(2006)
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Buddy Guy
Legend status came late to Buddy Guy, so it shouldn't be surprising that this is the first box set devoted to the blues giant's work. Yet it is still a bit of a shock, because Guy, it seems, has always been a part of the modern blues scene, ubiquitous even in the late '60s at the era's high-profile rock and folk festivals, playing the hippie ...
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Greatest Hits
(1988)
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Mose Allison
Basic, no-frills anthology of 13 of his better late-'50s Prestige sides, all of which feature his vocals. It has most of his most famous songs, particularly to listeners from a rock background, including his versions of "The Seventh Son," "Eyesight to the Blind" (covered by the Who on Tommy, though Sonny Boy Williamson did it before Allison), ...
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The Complete Vanguard Recordings
(2000)
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Buddy Guy
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Black Night Is Falling
(2004)
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John Lee Hooker
Recorded at the Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club in Montreal, Quebec, on May 5, 1977, Black Night Is Falling finds John Lee Hooker in fine voice and backed by a driving band composed of John Garcia on guitar, Steve Jones on bass, and Larry "Wild Man" Martin on drums, with the end result being an excellent example of live Hooker at his best. ...
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The Best of Chicago Blues [Vanguard CD]
(1997)
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Various Artists
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A Man and the Blues
(1968)
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Buddy Guy
The guitarist's first album away from Chess -- and to be truthful, it sounds as though it could have been cut at 2120 S. Michigan, with Guy's deliciously understated guitar work and a tight combo anchored by three saxes and pianist Otis Spann laying down tough grooves on the vicious "Mary Had a Little Lamb," "I Can't Quit the Blues," and an ...
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I Heard It on NPR: Jazz for Blue Nights/At Home in the World/Shake These Blues
(2003)
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Various Artists
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As Good as It Gets
(1998)
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Buddy Guy
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The Cream [Bonus Disc]
(2001)
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John Lee Hooker
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Home Alone
(1995)
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Eddie Shaw
Although it's pressed on an Austrian logo, Eddie Shaw's rollicking recent disc was waxed in his Chicago hometown with the Wolf Gang (son Vaan on guitar, longtime bassist Shorty Gilbert, and drummer Tim Taylor) summoning up solid support. Once again, Shaw tackles some interesting subjects -- he fantasizes about "Blues in Paris," and decried being ...
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Live in Montreux
(1977)
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Buddy Guy
No blues tandem in recent memory has given more alternately brilliant and infuriating performances as the duo of Junior Wells and Buddy Guy. They can inspire or anger, stimulate or disgust, amaze or bore. They were in a great groove during the selections recorded at this concert for Isabel. They have been recently reissued with two bonus cuts as ...
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Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1
(1978)
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Various Artists
Arguably the best entry in this pioneering anthology series, this features excellent sides by guitarist Jimmy Johnson and saxophonist Eddie Shaw. Bill Dahl, All Music Guide
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I Heard It on NPR: Shake These Blues
(2003)
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Various Artists
A spread-all-over-the-place collection of old, modern, and contemporary blues artists, this NPR anthology is just idiosyncratic enough to be unique and interesting, particularly Alvin Youngblood Hart's exuberant take on Bukka White's "How Long Before I Change My Clothes," and Otis Taylor's spooky and kinetic "My Soul's in Louisiana." Steve ...
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Vanguard Visionaries
(2007)
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Buddy Guy
After leaving Chess in the late '60s, Buddy Guy went to Vanguard, where he cut three albums: the excellent A Man and the Blues, the mediocre This Is Buddy Guy (a live album) and Hold That Plane. Vanguard Visionaries pulls tracks from those albums as well as an outtake from A Man and the Blues, "Poison Ivy," first released on a different Vanguard ...
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36 Blues Masterpieces
(2005)
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John Lee Hooker
For a license deal and the price it's difficult to beat these " Solid Gold Collections " issued by Union Square Ltd.. There's not much in the way of packaging, but in a sense, there doesn't need to be. This John Lee Hooker set contains prime Hook -- 36 cuts -- all of them smokers from the man in his rollicking prime from the 1950s and '60s. For ...
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Frett'n the Blues: Best of the Great Blues Guitarists
(2000)
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Various Artists
In the 1960s, lovers of electric blues had a lot to choose from -- not only the Chicago blues, but also the electric blues of Texas, Louisiana, Detroit, and Memphis. Vanguard's electric blues output of the 1960s is the main focus of this 2000 compilation, which spans 1965-1968 and spotlights some of the guitar playing singers who recorded for the ...
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Mose Allison Sings [RVG Remasters]
(2006)
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Mose Allison
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Bluesman: Collector's Edition
(2005)
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John Lee Hooker
Fuel 's Collector's Edition is simply the repackaging of two albums that bear John Lee Hooker's venerable name. First is Cream, recorded in 1977 and originally released on LP by Tomato. It was a double album -- and is preserved that way in CD format -- featuring "the Hook" with his band the Coast to Coast Blues Band performing at the Keystone. The ...
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Vanguard: Roots of the Blues
(2002)
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Various Artists
This three-CD set draws from the Vanguard catalog of blues performances, focusing, apparently, mostly on recordings from the 1960s. "Apparently" because, in an act of negligence, no original recording or release dates are given for any of the 45 songs, except for four previously unreleased tracks done at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival and one done ...
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Hot Just Like TNT
(1996)
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Johnny "Guitar"Watson
This generous serving of 28 tracks focuses on Watson's mid-1950s recordings (both released and unissued) for RPM, throwing in some songs by singers Devonia Williams, Jeannie Barnes, and Crodella de Milo (on whose songs he was accompanist); a couple of 1957-58 singles for Keen; and some previously unavailable tracks he recorded for Johnny Otis, ...
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Troublesome Mind
(1961)
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Mercy Dee
Fine 16-song selection from the California-based pianist's 1961 sessions for Chris Strachwitz's Arhoolie logo. A trio of sympathetic cohorts (harpist Sidney Maiden, guitarist K.C. Douglas, and drummer Otis Cherry) give the music a rough-edged barroom feel as Dee pounds out "After the Fight," "Call the Asylum," and a nice remake of his dour "One ...
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Texas Southside Kings
(2006)
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Texas Southside Kings
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Universal Blues
(1991)
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Bobby Radcliff
Universal Blues is another successful reworking of Chicago blues from Bobby Radcliff. It's less flashy than the previous Dresses Too Short, but that's a plus -- without all the pyrotechnics, Radcliff's guitar actually sounds more powerful and versatile, which makes the album quite entertaining. Thom Owens, All Music Guide
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The Bluesville Years, Vol. 4: In the Key of Blues
(1995)
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Various Artists
In the Key of Blues features an all-piano fest with boogies and blues from Mercy Dee Walton, Little Brother Montgomery, Curtis Jones and still more from Sykes and Memphis Slim. Cub Koda, All Music Guide
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Pity and a Shame
(1962)
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Mercy Dee Walton
Whether you know him as Mercy Dee Walton, Mercy Dee or just plain Mercy, there was no doubt that he could write some incredible songs and spin some wonderful yarns. The playing wasn't bad either, and these early-'60s recordings are among his finest. Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
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