Blues for Aficionados

The Memphis Horns

THE MEMPHIS HORNS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS

Wayne Jackson (trumpet, trombone)
Andrew Love (tenor saxophone)
Telarc Records  1995

Excellent booklet with many photos.  Short paragraph with background of each song and the artist performing it.

You Don't Miss Your Water    (william bell)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDcux8J123s

Take Me To The River             (etta james)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaMuYQIEjns

Somebody Have Mercy             (bobby womack)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoN9RJMeV4I

Sad Song                                  (marvis staples)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=779QdK34Qec

I've Been Loving You Too Long      (warren haynes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT2poJjNLr4

Cheers

@rok2id great thread and contributions - Loving the Memphis Horns disc

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