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.JACKIE PAYNE/STEVE EDMONSON BAND
OVERNIGHT SENSATION
STUDEBAKER JOHN'S MAXWELL STREET KINGS
THAT'S THE WAY YOU DO
DOUG COX & SALIL BHATT
Slide to Freedom 2
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
TAKE THE HIGH ROAD
WATERMELON SLIM
TRAVELING MAN
Webb Wilder
Mississippi Moderne
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