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.
Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King
Fat Man's Shine Parlor
LAURIE MORVAN BAND
BREATHE DEEP
SUGAR RAY AND THE BLUETONES FEATURING LITTLE CHARLIE
TOO FAR FROM THE BAR
The McKee Brothers
Moon Over Montgomery
Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges
Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges
DION
SON OF SKIP JAMES
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