2008-10-06
This CD brings together artists who were legendary in the Nashville, Tennessee blues scene years ago. The 18 cuts are all rather banal down-home-blues style tunes (think Z.Z. Hill or Clarence Carter without their spunk) and many of the tunes are disappointingly predictable. For example, on track #12, Girlfriend Blues, Johnny Jones describes discovering his girlfriend in bed with another woman (who “ironically” is a woman he was having an affair with) and of course, he wraps up the song with the hope of joining in.TIP OF THE TOP
From Memphis to Greaseland
Jack Mack & The Heart Attack Horns
Soul Shack
DARRELL NULISCH
JUST FOR YOU
DUKE ROBILLARD AND FRIENDS
BLUES BASH
WATERMELON SLIM
TRAVELING MAN
AL BASILE
MID-CENTURY MODERN
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