Blues for Aficionados

Memphis Slim

AT THE GATE OF HORN

Vee Jay  1993

Notes: "Soon after this album Memphis Slim moved to Europe, where he played the role of the expatriate Bluesman to the hilt, cutting countless albums on countless labels doing endless versions of his old songs.  He occasionally returned to the United States to perform, often recording yet more albums seemingly in his sleep.  He died at 72 in Paris on February 24, 1988 of kidney failure.  Many feel that this was his last focused work."

The Comeback
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVBaQ62VRw4

Steppin' Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcaciW6UQ4Q

Messin' Around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6-YlvhG5Xs

Rockin' The Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1RRxAc63wc

Slim's Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMbIuobIt98

Cheers

Big Maceo

THE KING OF CHICAGO BLUES PIANO

Arhoolie Productions   1941-1945  /  1992

Excellent enclosed booklet.

Wiki:
Major Merriweather, better known as Big Maceo Merriweather, was an American pianist and blues singer. He was mainly active in Chicago through the 1940s. Born: March 31, 1905, Newnan, GA
Died: February 23, 1953, Chicago, IL

Worried Life Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqSPsJFUt_g

Detroit Jump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw3hDYnzVNQ

Texas Stomp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pzrqh6elac

Ramblin' Mind Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrvcFk-f7eg

Texas Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npxlc-BNS_4

Chicago Breakdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD7Jnfziauk

Cheers

Amos Milburn

DOWN THE ROAD APIECE

Aladdin / EMI      1993

Notes: "Like innumerable budding musicians of his generation he was a fervent devotee of Louis Jordan, but Amos reserved his deepest affections for the holy trinity of boogie woogie piano: Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis.  After some formal piano lessons, Millburn quit school while still quite young to work as a delivery boy and part time musician.  With the advent of World War ll, he tacked a few years onto his age for the benefit of recruitment officers and joined the Navy in 1942.  Assigned to the Pacific Theater, Millburn received numerous battle stars for his participation in some of the fiercest fighting of the conflict."

You are sure this is a Blues disc when you notice his name is spelled as Milburn and Millburn on the CD label.  He was also born in 1924, 1927 and 1928.

Wiki:
Joseph Amos Milburn was an American rhythm-and-blues singer and pianist, popular in the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Houston, Texas, and died there 52 years later.
Born: April 1, 1927, Houston, TX
Died: January 3, 1980, Houston, TX

Milk and Water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q47HsWASOw8

Down The Road Apiece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfMpqpTGYRU

Good, Good Whiskey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SGstBK1pZc

Roll, Mr. Jelly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go5OmJPtffs

Thinking And Drinking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_qkwUAXtgY

Cheers

Charlie Musselwhite

ACE OF HARPS

Alligator Records   1990

No Notes.  Wiki: Charles Douglas Musselwhite is an American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader, one of the white bluesmen who came to prominence in the early 1960s, along with Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield. He has often been identified as a "white bluesman".
Born: January 31, 1944 (age 77 years), Kosciusko, MS


She May Be Your Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AP6qJGaYCg

The Blues Overtook Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxMlKYUSy1I

Mean Ole Frisco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekpWCrZSeU4

River Hip Mama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrmTczQZ9VQ

Cheers

Mississippi Sheiks

STOP AND LISTEN

Yazoo  1992

Fascinating Booklet of their history.  Early 1900s Mississippi.

Notes: "The Mississippi Sheiks were probably Mississippi's  most commercially successful blues musicians, although they fit none of the musical stereotypes of their time and place.  The off-shoot of a string band that catered to square dance audiences, the Sheiks displayed more white influence than any other popular Blues stars.  Still their work drew favorable comments from such unadulterated Mississippi stylists as Son House and Howlin' Wolf, who even preferred them to Charlie Patton."

Stop And Listen Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aEpsNgvYO8

Sitting On Top Of The World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWu3NusPBgU

I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgzi7VOSMs4

She Ain't No Good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmtqw9Pc-MM

Cheers