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Showdown!
(1985)
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Albert Collins/Robert Cray/Johnny Copeland
Most of the original "blues summit" and blues "supergroup" type gatherings, which were done at Chess Records, were musically pointless affairs, mostly because the artists involved really didn't like the idea behind the albums being recorded or the company they were forced to keep during the recording process. What makes Showdown! work is that the ...
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Come on Home
(1997)
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Boz Scaggs
On this prime collection of R&B and blues songs and influences from Boz Scaggs' youth -- and four new yet classic-sounding self-penned originals -- the blue-eyed soulman eschews the slick production values of his pop chart-toppers such as "Lido" and "Lowdown," instead getting way down and his hands dirty with the honest blood, sweat, and tears of ...
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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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Song for Juli
(1973)
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Jesse Colin Young
Although it was his fourth solo album, Song for Juli was Jesse Colin Young's first full-fledged effort under his own name, following a couple of early folk records, a series of Youngbloods albums, and the tentative Together. Young organized a versatile backup band in which piano, violin, and horns complemented his tenor voice in arrangements that ...
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The Very Best of Jesse Colin Young [Artemis]
(2005)
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Jesse Colin Young
This two-disc collection entitled The Very Best of Jesse Colin Young features 34 cuts. Most of them are remastered versions of tunes from his classic catalog, including performances with the Youngbloods, while some are from the albums listeners have come to love over the years: Songbird, Song for Juli, On the Road, Love on the Wing, and others. ...
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The Very Best of Buddy Guy
(1992)
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Buddy Guy
Credible attempt to digitally summarize Buddy Guy's entire pre-Silvertone career on a single 18-song disc. Encompasses the guitarist's 1957 demo "The Way You Been Treating Me," two killer Cobras, four of his hottest Chess sides, a couple notable Vanguards, a pair of alluring Atlantics, and three tremendously unsubtle 1981 items from Guy's days ...
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On the Road
(1976)
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Jesse Colin Young
On a series of solo albums, Jesse Colin Young had developed a strong musical rapport with a group of players including drummer Jeff Myer, keyboard player Scott Lawrence, and especially horn man Jim Rothermel, whose flute and soprano sax lines duetted with Young's tenor vocals. Adding David Hayes (one of several bassists who had appeared on his ...
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T-Bone Blues [Atlantic]
(1959)
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T-Bone Walker
The last truly indispensable disc of the great guitar hero's career, and perhaps the most innately satisfying of all, these mid-'50s recordings boast magnificent presence, with T-Bone Walker's axe so crisp and clear it seems as though he's sitting right next to you as he delivers a luxurious remake of "Call It Stormy Monday." Atlantic took some ...
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Blues Masters: The Very Best of T-Bone Walker
(2000)
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T-Bone Walker
A title as lofty as The Very Best of T-Bone Walker begs the question, "Does this CD really contain the seminal Texas bluesman's very best work?" And in fact, this 2000 release (which spans 1945-1957), does contain some of Walker's finest, most essential recordings of the '40s and '50s. It isn't the only collection focusing on Walker's recordings ...
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Melvin Taylor & the Slack Band
(1995)
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Melvin Taylor & the Slack Band
The U.S. release of Melvin Taylor's two early-'80s LPs by Evidence a decade later was a shock introduction to a blues guitarist who seemingly blazed out of nowhere -- outside of Rosa's Lounge in Chicago, that is. "Blazed" is the right word, too, because Taylor is a total maximalist who unleashes torrents of notes to fill up every space. But he's ...
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Deluxe Edition
(1997)
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Albert Collins
Deluxe Edition is a solid, albeit imperfect, 13-track collection of highlights from Albert Collins latter-day recordings for Alligator. There are only a handful of genuine classics, but there are a lot of great performances that spotlight Collins stinging guitar work and impassioned vocals. Nevertheless, it's only adequate as an introduction, ...
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Jools Holland's Big Band Rhythm & Blues
(2002)
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Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
Although this is nominally credited to Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, really this is a 22-track various-artists compilation with Holland's ensemble serving as the house band. The lineup of old and new, superstar and cult talent is impressive, even if many of them are past their prime: Sting, John Cale, Stevie Winwood, Taj Mahal, ...
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Blue Mood: The Songs of T-Bone Walker
(2004)
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Duke Robillard
Duke Robillard pays homage to T-Bone Walker with this collection of swing, big band and blues songs. The bubbly and bouncy "Lonesome Woman Blues" has a be-bop Count Basie feeling as his supporting players are given brief solos to shine, particularly the horn section. There is far more substance and style to this approach than a rehashed run ...
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The Blues Roots of Fleetwood Mac
(2000)
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Various Artists
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The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch]
(2000)
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T-Bone Walker
A classic collection of his best Black and White and Imperial recordings from a time frame between 1949 and 1954. T-Bone's in fine swinging and appropriately bluesy form on tracks like "T-Bone Shuffle," "T-Bone Jumps Again," "They Call It Stormy Monday," "Strollin' With Bones," and "The Hustle Is On." If you're only going to add one T-Bone Walker ...
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Midnight Blues
(2004)
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T-Bone Walker
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The Highway Is for Heroes
(1987)
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Jesse Colin Young
Jesse Colin Young returned to record-making after five years with this modestly produced, largely acoustic effort, on which his singing had taken on a breathy expressivenes and his acoustic guitar-playing (doubtless due to years of playing solo shows) had become more dominant and accomplished. Despite the time between records, Young did not fill ...
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Live Texas Tornado
(1983)
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The Sir Douglas Quintet
In the 1960s and early '70s, no band better illustrated the richness of the Texas musical experience than the Sir Douglas Quintet. Lead singer Doug Sahm and his friends could almost always be counted on for versatility, and they could usually be counted on to cook. A 1998 reissue, Live Texas Tornado is a gem-filled CD that boasts classic live ...
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Papa Ain't Salty
(2005)
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T-Bone Walker
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Small World Big Band
(2001)
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Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
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Texas Fever: Best of Sir Douglas Quintet
(1998)
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The Sir Douglas Quintet
This is one killer collection, with great sound and an impeccable selection of tracks -- the only thing that AIM Records doesn't make clear on the outside of the packaging is that it's made up of live performances and re-recordings of various relatively recent vintages, rather than the Sir Douglas Quintet's original 1960s material. That said, it ...
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She's About a Mover: The Best of Crazy Cajun Recording
(1999)
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Doug Sahm & the Sir Douglas Quintet
This differs from Music Club's package in that this set also includes tracks issued as Doug Sahm solo sides, giving us a time frame between 1964 and 1977 to hear Sahm's art unfold. Of course, the early SDQ sides are the big ticket here. Rough and raw, they include the two big hits "She's About a Mover" and "The Rains Came." Yet the solo sides that ...
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Original Source
(2002)
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T-Bone Walker
This is, especially for the money, an excellent overview of the career of Aaron Thibeaux Walker (aka T-Bone Walker). Beginning at the beginning in 1929, this set travels all the way through the '40s (where he developed his style as the electric blues genre), through 1951 on labels from Columbia to Capitol to Black and White and others in between ...
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Anthology: Sound+Vision [2 CD & DVD]
(2004)
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B.B. King
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The R&B Years 1949
(2005)
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Various Artists
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