Blues for Aficionados

Howlin' Wolf

THE LONDON SESSIONS (Deluxe Edition)

MCA Chess   2CD Set      1970 / 2002

Extensive booklet that gives a blow by blow account of the recording session.  Big time names from the world of Rock, but as I would have predicted, guitars too much and too loud.  If its the Blues, its all about the singer.

Red Rooster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2JCfuWaaGE

I Ain't Superstitious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDHWiypJOAY

Highway 49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DqNKXNsTBM

Built For Comfort
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMKwzB7tdKk

Cheers

Sonny Boy Williamson

THE ESSENTIAL SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON

MCA Chess 2CD Set  1993

CD 2

Trust My Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ0akPeo4oY

Checkin' Up On My Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3nJUAiSpbQ

Too Young To Die
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT5Dust3tsY

Too Old To Think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKP2lFy28Xo

Cool Disposition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9O_RUfjPh4

Cheers

Howlin' Wolf

THE CHESS BOX

MCA Chess      3CD Box       1991

Wiki:
The musician and critic Cub Koda noted, "no one could match Howlin' Wolf for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits." Producer Sam Phillips recalled, "When I heard Howlin' Wolf, I said, 'This is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies.'" Several of his songs, including "Smokestack Lightnin'", "Killing Floor" and "Spoonful", have become blues and blues rock standards. In 2011, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 54 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
Born June 10, 1910 White Station, Mississippi
Died January 10, 1976 (aged 65)  Hines, Illinois

Many say Muddy Waters was the Boss of the Blues.   Many could be wrong.

Howlin' For My Darling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paEv5A5Ir1c

Who's Been Talking?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7jxaWMFhTg

Goin' Down Slow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KDAAx-PXGQ

I Asked For Water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGoKbPR6kwY

And 71 more!

Cheers

CHESS BLUES

Various Artists
Chess Records 1992

I picked up this 4 disc CD boxed set in the used bin a few years ago.  It provides a 20 year retrospective of Chicago Blues artists on the Chess Label.  Its a good mix of famous and more obscure tracks and comes with an excellent booklet.

Disc One 1947 -1952

Highlights:

Muddy Waters - "Rollin' Stone" (The Stone's namesake)
Muddy Waters - "I Can't Be Satisfied" 
Howlin' Wolf - "Moanin' at Midnight"

Disc Two 1952 - 1954

Highlights:

Little Walter - "Juke"
Muddy Waters - "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man"
Howlin' Wolf - "Evil"

Disc Three 1954 -  1960

Highlights:

Howlin' Wolf - "Smokestack Lightning"
Little Walter - "My Baby"
Muddy Waters - "Got My Mojo Working"

Disc Four 1960 -1967

Highlights:

Howlin' Wolf - "The Red Rooster"
Sonny Boy Williamson - "Bring it on Home"
Etta James - "I'd Rather Go Blind"

mksun,

Very impressive collection.  The Best on Chess could be all the Blues a person needs.  Except for us  Aficionados of course.  :)

Cheers