Zuzu Bollin - Texas Bluesman

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:09
Size: 91.9 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 1991/2012
Art: Front

[2:34] 1. Big Legs
[3:35] 2. Hey Little Girl
[4:37] 3. Blues In The Dark
[2:55] 4. Kidney Stew
[5:22] 5. Cold, Cold Feeling
[2:52] 6. Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night
[2:53] 7. Headlight Blues
[2:55] 8. How Do You Want Your Rollin' Done
[3:35] 9. Leary Blues
[3:22] 10. Rebecca
[5:22] 11. Zu's Blue

Baritone Saxophone – John Mills (tracks: 5), Mike Strickland; Bass – Jack Barber (tracks: 2), Jim Milam, Jon Blondell (tracks: 5); Drums – Doyle Bramhall, George Rains (tracks: 2, 5); Guitar – Duke Robillard, Wayne Bennett (2) (tracks: 2, 5); Piano – Craig Simecheck, Doug Sahm (tracks: 2, 5); Rhythm Guitar – Hash Brown (2) (tracks: 1, 3 ), Sumter Bruton III; Saxophone – Mark Kazanoff; Tenor Saxophone – David "Fathead" Newman (tracks: 1, 4 ), Marchel Ivery (tracks: 1, 10), Robert Harwell, Rocky Morales (tracks: 2, 5); Trombone – Jon Blondell (tracks: 2); Trumpet – Charlie McBurney (tracks: 2), George Galbreath; Vocals, Guitar – Zuzu Bollin.

Zuzu's principal contribution to Texas blues history is an immaculately realized collection that includes remakes of both sides of his debut 78 (the original version of "Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night" is available on Vol. 3 of Rhino's Blues Masters series, "Texas Blues") and a uniformly tasty lineup of jump blues goodies. The sterling band includes guitarist Duke Robillard (who co-produced), drummer George Rains, and saxists David Newman and Kaz Kazanoff. ~Bill Dahl

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Various - The Blues Came From Texas

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 37:31
Size: 85.9 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[2:53] 1. Johnny Copeland - Down On Bended Knees
[1:17] 2. T-Bone Walker - Baby Please Don't Go
[3:05] 3. Johnny Winter - Ease My Pain
[2:36] 4. Lightnin' Hopkins - Rock Me Mama
[2:18] 5. Albert Collins - The Freeze
[2:59] 6. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - It's Alright
[6:42] 7. Big Mama Thornton - All Right Baby
[2:45] 8. Zuzu Bollin - Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night
[2:59] 9. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Black Snake Moan
[2:41] 10. Smokey Hogg - Worried Blues
[3:00] 11. Clarence Green - Walking The Baby
[4:11] 12. Johnny Copeland - Working Man Blues

The Blues Came from Texas brings together various tracks recorded by such influential Lone Star State artists as T-Bone Walker, Albert Collins, and Big Mama Thornton. Unfortunately, most of the tracks were recorded late in the artists' careers and do not represent them well. Despite being a living legend at the time this version of "Baby Please Don't Go" must have been recorded, Walker sounds tired and lacks any of the creative fire that marked his iconic late-'40s sides. Unless you're a completist, those looking for a nice single-disc introduction to Texas blues would be well-advised to search out the recordings these artists made in their prime. ~Matt Collar

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