Blues for Aficionados

James Cotton - Junior Wells - Carey Bell - Billy Branch

HARP ATTACK!

Alligator 1990

Notes: "If there is one sound that says "Chicago Blues" to the world, it’s the sound of a harmonica blown through a hand-held microphone blasting through an amplifier. The pressurized, distorted sound of the electrified Blues harp was there from the earliest days of post-World War ll Windy City Blues, and Chicago’s harp players have always been the standard against which all others are judged."


Down Home Blues      (vocals- Cotton 1st, Branch 2nd, Wells 3rd  Bell 4th)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0-GSMUY5GE

Somebody Changed the Locks       (junior wells vocal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FE2SQ7BSJY

Who     (billy branch vocal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlRrH2QVAzI

Keep Your Hands out of my Pockets  (junior wells vocals)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9fhGxeWXdg&t=205s

Cheers

Various Artists

LEGENDS OF THE BLUES: VOLUME ONE

CBS Records   1990

Nice informative booklet.

St. Louis Blues    (Bessie Smith)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxw09D8co_c

Nothing in Ramblin'       (Memphis Minnie)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5OWVi3H1dk

Match Box Blues    (Blind Lemon Jefferson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aq0xcqLHJs

Hard Day Blues    (Muddy Waters)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGgJtCccbHE

Stop Breakin' Down Blues   (Robert Johnson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz_R96Bmq-k

Cheers

Various Artists

THE SLIDE GUITAR: BOTTLES, KNIVES & STEEL

CBS Records   1990

Excellent Booklet with pictures and a synopsis of each song.

Pearline           (Son House)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOL3O4Cl7_U

Bukka's Jitterbug Swing        (Bukka White)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjqYy3YT4rc

Packin' Trunk Blues        (Leadbelly)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GECJsp2kGQE

You Can't Get That Stuff No More      (Tampa Red)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2jIR9J2inU

Homesick & Lonesome Blues        (Blind Boy Fuller)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Baw3OEXw3oM

Cheers

Various Artists

SOUTHERN JOURNEY VOL 3:  61 HIGHWAY MISSISSIPPI

The Alan Lomax Collection
Rounder    1997

Excellent Booklet with Pictures and Lyrics.

Viola James & Congregration - Tryin' To Make Heaven My Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTMBG6luO3Y

61 Highway (Remastered)   Fred McDowell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o4xTErsKio

God's Unchanging Hand -  A. Burton & Congregation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA6F-2_hxSc

Mississippi Fred McDowell - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqrBhyvpBII

Fred McDowell - Soon One Morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU7utSwjyIg

Cheers

   

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