Mitch Woods - Friends Along The Way (DeLuxe Ed.)

Album: Friends Along The Way (DeLuxe Edition)
Size: 111,5 + 97,6 MB
Time: 47:54 + 41:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017/2023
Styles: Blues, piano blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
1. C.C. Rider (Feat. Van Morrison & Taj Mahal) (5:38)
2. Take This Hammer (Feat. Van Morrison & Taj Mahal) (6:04)
3. Keep A Dollar In Your Pocket (Feat. Elvin Bishop) (4:06)
4. Singin' The Blues (Feat. Ruthie Foster) (4:07)
5. Mother-In-Law Blues (Feat. John Hammond) (3:19)
6. Cryin' For My Baby (Feat. Charlie Musselwhite) (6:42)
7. Nasty Boogie (Feat. Joe Louis Walker) (3:56)
8. Empty Bed Blues (Feat. Maria Muldaur) (4:53)
9. Blues Mobile (Feat. Kenny Neal) (3:27)
10. The Blues (Feat. Cyril Neville) (5:36)

CD 2:
1. Saturday Night Boogie Woogie Man (Feat. Elvin Bishop) (2:55)
2. Blues Gave Me A Ride (Feat. Charlie Musselwhite) (2:27)
3. Chicago Express (Feat. James Cotton) (2:27)
4. Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive (Feat. John Lee Hooker) (5:11)
5. Midnight Hour Blues (Feat. Van Morrison & Taj Mahal) (4:30)
6. In The Night (Feat. Marcia Ball) (2:58)
7. Blues For New Orleans (Feat. Cyril Neville) (5:38)
8. Don't Dip In My Bizness (Feat. Kenny Neal) (3:10)
9. Southbound Blues (Feat. John Hammond) (3:16)
10. Mojo Mambo (Feat. Maria Muldaur) (4:15)
11. Worried Life Blues (Feat. Joe Louis Walker) (4:51)

In 2017, the boogie-woogie pianist Mitch Woods released a swinging album of (mostly) duets with some of his pals and favorite blues-style players. Friends Along the Way featured the Bay Area musician playing and singing with such notables as Van Morrison, Taj Mahal, and John Lee Hooker. The 16-track record featured classics by Ma Rainey, Huddie (Lead Belly) Ledbetter, and Professor Longhair, as well as originals by Woods and his contemporaries, including Charlie Musselwhite and Ruthie Foster. Critics praised it then, but the record company that released it focused on other projects and did not promote the jam-packed 68-minute record.

Woods decided to repurchase the master tapes and release the music as a double disc with five additional tracks by artists who already appear previously (Cyril Neville, Kenny Neal, John Hammond, Maria Muldaur, and Joe Louis Walker). The five new tracks are fine, but the original 16 cuts make this Deluxe Edition worth hearing. Bringing these songs back into print is worthwhile in and of itself. This music has been living in purgatory for too long and deserves a broader audience.

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