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Rough Guide To Chicago Blues

Various Artists
Release Date: 08/26/2003
Original Release:  2003
# of Discs:   1
J&R Item # 497241_CD
UPC # 605633111828
Label: World Music Network (UK)
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Disc: 1
1. Sweet Old Chicago - Roosevelt Sykes sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. Dust My Broom - Elmore James/Sonny Boy Williamson sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. Strange Feeling - Nolan Struck sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. It Must Have Been the Devil - Otis Spann sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. I Got Rambling on My Mind #2 - Otis Spann/Robert Lockwood, Jr. sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. Murderin' Blues - Robert Nighthawk sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. This Is the End - Buddy Guy sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. Worried Life Blues - Johnnie Jones/Billy Boy Arnold/Johnny Jones sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. Come on in This House - Junior Wells sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. Three Harp Boogie - Elvin Bishop/James Cotton/Paul Butterfield/Billy Boy Arnold sound samples  real  |  windows media
11. Ain't Got Nobody - Hound Dog Taylor sound samples  real  |  windows media
12. Bad Avenue - Valerie Wellington sound samples  real  |  windows media
13. Walkin' Blues - Muddy Waters sound samples  real  |  windows media
14. What in the World You Goin' to Do - John Little John sound samples  real  |  windows media
15. Money (That's What I Want) - John Lee Hooker sound samples  real  |  windows media
16. If I Should Have Bad Luck - Charlie Musselwhite sound samples  real  |  windows media
17. Never Trust a Man - Koko Taylor sound samples  real  |  windows media
18. Sugar Baby - Eddy Clearwater sound samples  real  |  windows media
19. Rollin' and Tumblin', Pt. 2 - Little Johnny Walter sound samples  real  |  windows media
20. I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush sound samples  real  |  windows media
21. Sweet Home Chicago - Magic Sam sound samples  real  |  windows media

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Performer: Various Artists
Producer: Phil Stanton; Phil Stanton
Distributor: Ryko Distribution

Notes: Performers include: John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton, Billy Boy Arnold, Elvin Bishop, Elmore James, Nolan Struck, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Otis Rush, Little Walter, Magic Sam, Roosevelt Sykes, Johnnie Jones, Koko Taylor, Robert Taylor, Robert Nighthawk, Otis Spann, John Littlejohn. Adapter: Paul Butterfield. Liner Note Author: Robin Wise. Photographer: Greg Roberts. Unknown Contributor Role: Rick Gershater. Arranger: Paul Butterfield. Ah, the Chicago blues. While it very much has its own identity, developed from the '30s on, it's the direct descendent of the Delta blues of Mississippi, gussied up in city clothes and given a bit of a polish -- but never too much of one. The Rough Guide to Chicago Blues compilation proves to be one of the best at uncovering the city and its style. Most of the big names are here -- Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Otis Spann, Koko Taylor, Junior Wells, John Lee Hooker, and others (although, curiously, no Howlin' Wolf). But it also goes a bit below the surface and comes up with far lesser-known, but equally good, names like John Littlejohn and Johnny Jones & Billy Boy Arnold, making for something that's satisfying and more than just the obvious. It also illustrates that Chicago was more than just gutbucket harmonica and driving electric guitar -- although there's plenty of that, too. But piano was equally important, as shown from the leadoff cut, a version of "Sweet Home Chicago" by Roosevelt Sykes (the song bookends the disc, appearing again in Magic Sam's style). Although this focuses on the glory days of the Windy City, from the late '40s to the early '70s, the development of the sound is apparent, and continues to this day. Bonus points for including the marvelous Hound Dog Taylor, who was a city treasure. ~ Chris Nickson
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