2009-05-11
This looks like a greatest hits compilation but it’s actually a retrospective performed by a modern Chicago collective calling themselves The Living History Band. They’re joined by 4 of Chicago’s great blues traditionalists – harp masters Billy Boy Arnold and Billy Branch; and guitarists Lurrie Bell and John Primer. Extensive liners explain the significance of the honored artists, none of whom, it could be pointed out, were born north of the Mason-Dixon.WATERMELON SLIM
TRAVELING MAN
Sugar King James and the Chess Masters
Tru Blu Mud - A Tribute To Muddy Waters
Jeff Jensen
The River City Sessions
THE HOMEMADE JAMZ BLUES BAND
THE GAME
IRMA THOMAS
THE SOUL QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS 50 Th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION
Various Artists
Muddy Waters 100
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