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.
SHARRIE WILLIAMS
Out of the Dark
JOHN MAYALL
TALK ABOUT THAT
RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS
TWISTED
Debra Farris
Gotcha Covered
Jonn Del Toro Richardson
Tengo Blues
VARIOUS ARTISTS
– Les Paul and Friends: A Tribute to a Legend
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