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.DUKE ROBILLARD AND FRIENDS
BLUES BASH
DICKY JAMES AND THE BLUE FLAMES
Hard Rain
DEVON ALLMAN'S HONEYTRIBE
SPACE AGE BLUES
Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges
LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO
THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS
Boo Boo Davis
Ain't Gotta Dime
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