Time: 55:59
Size: 128.2 MB
Styles: Assorted styles
Year: 2004
Art: Front
[3:31] 1. Ray Charles - I Found My Baby
[2:48] 2. Ray Charles - Why Did You Go
[2:32] 3. Ray Charles - Guitar Blues
[2:57] 4. John Lee Hooker - The Syndicator
[2:59] 5. John Lee Hooker - Hobo Blues
[2:51] 6. John Lee Hooker - Down Child
[2:07] 7. Lil' Son Jackson - Bad Whiskey
[2:48] 8. Lil' Son Jackson - Cairo Blues
[2:43] 9. Lightnin' Hopkins - Merry Christmas Baby
[2:57] 10. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Miss Christine
[2:53] 11. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Harmonica Train
[2:14] 12. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway
[2:29] 13. James Wayne - Tend To Your Business
[3:00] 14. James Wayne - Bull Corn
[2:15] 15. James Wayne - I'm Going To Tell Your Mother
[2:27] 16. Arbee Stidham - I'm In The Mood
[3:27] 17. Arbee Stidham - Feeling Blue And Low
[3:35] 18. Arbee Stidham - I Want To Rock
[2:41] 19. Lil' Son Jackson - No Money No Love
[2:38] 20. Ray Johnson - House Of Blues
This showcase for different varieties of blues, from the acoustic harmonica/guitar work of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee to the electric band work of Ray Charles and Arbee Stidham, is more substantial than its 20 cuts would lead one to expect. There's no shortage of outstanding recordings. Ray Charles may only do three numbers, but he shows off some surprising attributes, his singing overpowering everything around him for the first two tracks, "Why Did You Go?" and "I Found My Baby There," before he yields to the band on the instrumental "Guitar Blues," the guitarist getting most of the dialogue and the last word over Charles' piano. The Cajun-flavored work of James Wayne adds still greater variety, along with his decidedly more R&B-based approach to the blues, coming off almost like a full-blown rock & roll number. Producer Bob Shad outdid himself in recording and selecting this material, and this collection -- originally released on the Time label -- deserves to be better known than it is.
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