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.
THE MYSTIX
Down to the Shore
DEVON ALLMAN
RAGGED AND DIRTY
LINDSAY BEAVER
TOUGH AS LOVE
KENNY 'BLUES BOSS' WAYNE
Rollin' With The Blues Boss
TIM "TOO SLIM" LANGFORD
Broken Halo
WARREN STORM
TAKING THE WORLD BY STORM
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