Various Artists - Essential Blues Harmonica (2 CD)

Album: Essential Blues Harmonica
Year: 1997
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:52 + 57:17
Size: 129,6 + 133,2 MB
Styles: Harmonica blues
Scans: Front, tray

CD 1:
1. Charlie Musselwhite - The Blues Overtook Me (4:42)
2. Frank Frost - My Back Scratcher (4:11)
3. Magic Dick & Jay Geils - The Jumpin' Blues (5:13)
4. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Ninety Nine (2:39)
5. William Clarke - Must Be Jelly (7:03)
6. Billy Boy Arnold - I Wish You Would (2:41)
7. Sugar Ray Norcia w. Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters - My Home Is A Prison (5:15)
8. Little Sonny - Wade In The Water (3:18)
9. Paul deLay Band - Why Can't You Love Me (5:30)
10. Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet - Cotton Crop Blues (2:20)
11. Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her (2:53)
12. Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band - It Hurts Me Too (When Things Go Wrong) (2:46)
13. Willie Cobbs - New Slow Down Baby (3:31)
14. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Sonny's Squall (3:46)

CD 2:
1. Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers - The Bounce (3:06)
2. Little Sammy Davis - I Ain't Lyin' (3:42)
3. Snooky Pryor - Stick Way Out Behind (3:22)
4. Jimmy Reed - Boogie In The Dark (2:36)
5. Jazz Gillum - Gillum's Windy Blues (2:27)
6. Kim Wilson - Lowdown (4:39)
7. Howlin' Wolf - Sittin' On Top Of The World (2:34)
8. Carey Bell - Carey Bell's Blues Harp (3:53)
9. George 'Harmonica' Smith - Blues In The Dark (2:58)
10. Big Walter Horton - Need My Baby (2:17)
11. Sugar Blue - Little Red Rooster (6:30)
12. Sonny Boy Williamson I - Good Morning Little School Girl (3:04)
13. Raful Neal - Blues On The Moon (2:56)
14. Louis Myers & The Aces - Just Wailin' (2:44)
15. Kenny Neal - Going To The Country (3:39)
16. Big Leon Brooks - Sugar Mama (4:10)
17. Junior Parker - Sweet Home Chicago (2:31)

Essential Blues Harmonica is an excellent look at some of the genre's chart-toppers and innovators. Most importantly, it is a healthy dose of harmonica ringing with vocalic beauty from those who heavily defined the blistering blues. It is certainly a touching look back at some of the classic cuts by Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin' Wolf, and Jimmy Reed, and spots from Charlie Musselwhite, Snooky Pryor, Frank Frost, and Kim Wilson of the Fabulous Thunderbirds are just as inviting. /MacKenzie Wilson, AllMusic

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