Pleading The Blues

Performer: Junior Wells
Distributor: Select-O-Hits

Notes: Personnel: Junior Wells (harmonica, vocals), Buddy Guy (lead guitar), Phil Guy (rhythm guitar), J.W. Williams (bass), Ray Allison (drums). Reissue producer: Jerry Gordon. Recorded at Condorcet Studio, Toulouse, France on October 31, 1979. Includes liner notes by John Anthony Brisbin. All songs written by Junior Wells except "It Hurts Me Too" (Hudson Whittaker) and "I'll Take Care Of You" (Brook Brenton). Personnel: Junior Wells (vocals, harmonica); Buddy Guy (guitar, baritone guitar); Ray Allison (drums, snare drum). Liner Note Author: John Anthony Brisbin. Recording information: Condorcet Studio, Toulouse, France (10/31/1979). Photographers: Jean-Pierre Arniac; Robert Barclay; Paul Natkin. Recorded on Halloween night in 1979, this pairs up Wells and Guy in a fashion that hasn't been heard since Hoodoo Man Blues, their first, and best collaboration. Solid backing by the Philip Guy band (Buddy's brother) makes this album a rare treat. ~ Cub Koda

Down Beat (12/93, p.41) - 4 Stars - Very Good - "...finds Junior and Buddy on familiar and wholly congenial turf....Wells' harp...shines here amid the sparse sensitive accompaniment of Buddy's crack band...Buddy himself has seldom played better..."

One of the true giants of blues harmonica, Junior Wells is regarded--along with Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson--as a definitive post-WWII figure. Wells rose to prominence after replacing Little Walter in Muddy Waters's band, then reached the pinnacle of his fame in the mid 1960s when he and Buddy Guy formed a fruitful partnership. He performed until his death in 1998.

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