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Reviews of: Jimmie Vaughn, Johnnie Marshall, Jimmy Morello,
Bob Kirpatrick, Rhythm Room Blues, R.L. Burnside, Henry
Townsend, Jerry McCain, The Campbell Brothers, Floyd Miles,
a trio of Christmas CD's plus great reissues including
Lightning Hopkins and Fred McDowell. In addition we review
the book Yonder Come The Blues. In our Special Features
section we look at the renewed interest in the music of
Charlie Patton. In our Essential Blues section we spotlight
premiere harp blower Jerry McCain.
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Reviews of: Kid Ramos, Alligator Records 30th Anniversary
Collection, Eric Bibb, Arthur Williams, Boozoo Chavis,
Erskine Oglesby, Syl & Jimmy Johnson, Harry Hypolite,
The Word, Doug James plus great reissues including Muddy
Waters, Larry Davis, Cannon's Jug Stompers plus a batch
of classic Bluesville records including Scrapper Blackwell,
Smoky Babe, Rev. Gary Davis and Arbee Stidham. In addition
we review the book Yonder Come The Blues. In our Special
Features section we take a look at the 2001 Pocono Blues
Festival. In our Essential Blues section we take a look
at a batch of recent country blues reissues.
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Reviews of: Louisiana Red, Rico McFarland, Gatemouth Brown,
Super Chikan, Johnny Drummer, Rod Piazza & The Mighty
Flyers, Irma Thomas, Sugar Ray & The Bluetones, Cora
Mae Bryant, George Higgs plus great reissues including
Newport Folk Festival: Best of The Blues a 3-CD set and
Johnny Shines. In our Special Features section we present
a photo slide show by New York City photographer Joe Rosen
who's work has graced CD covers, inserts, magazines and
newspapers. In our Essential Blues section we spotlight
blues legend Champion Jack Dupree.
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Reviews of: Maurice John Vaughn, Steve Freund, The Hoodoo
Kings, Oscar Toney Jr. plus great reissues including a
Bobby "Blue" Bland 2-CD set, Snooks Eaglin,
Earl King, Solomon Burke and a previously unissued collection
of Eddie Hinton material. In our Special Features section
we say goodbye to the great John Lee Hooker.
In our Essential Blues section we spotlight blues kingpin
Big Bill Broonzy.
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Reviews of: Robert Cray, Ike Turner, Mighty Sam McClain,
J.C.
Burris, Mem Shannon, Chris Cain plus great reissues including
a Etta James, Memphis Jug Band, Wynonie Harris 4-CD box
set and a vintage music set from Old Hat Records. In addition
we also review "Blues Traveling" a guide book
to the holy sites of Delta Blues. In our Special Features
section we give you the low down on this year's New Orleans
Jazz & Heritage Festival including some photos. In
our Essential Blues section we we spotlight blues legend
Bobby "Blue" Bland.
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Reviews of: Boy Arnold, Marcia Ball, Harmonica Shah, Maria
Muldaur, Johnny Nicholas & His Texas All-Stars, The
Five Blind Boys Of Alabama, Iceman Robinson, "Train
Don't Leave Me" (a collection of sacred steel gospel
music on Arhoolie) plus great reissues including The Definitive
Charlie Patton 3-CD set and a collection of classic Lightnin'
Hopkins sides. In addition we also review a biography
of Earl Hooker. In our Special Features we fill you in
on a great local show by Chicago bluesman Jimmy Johnson.
In our Essential Blues section we spotlight blues legend
Memphis Slim.
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Reviews of: Chick Willis, R.L. Burnside, a pair of John
Brim CD's, Byther Smith, Big George Jackson, Henry Gray,
Otis Taylor plus great reissues including The Soul Of
New Orleans a 2-CD set, Oscar Toney Jr., Luther Allison,
Bobby Bland, Muddy Waters and a Mardi Gras collection
from Rounder. In our Special Features we talk with blues
researcher Gayle Dean Wardlow who was recently in town
for a lecture. In our Essential Blues section we spotlight
blues legend Lightnin' Hopkins.
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Reviews of: Little Milton, Johnny Rawls, Luther "Guitar
Jr." Johnson, Mitch Woods, Lucky Peterson plus great
reissues including a piano blues collection from Rounder
called Keep It Rollin', Jerry McCain, The Ebb Records
Story Vol. 1 & 2, Lightnin' Hopkins & The Blues
Summit and previously unreleased material by Sleepy LaBeef.
In our Special Features a look at local gospel stars the
Campbell Brothers and the new Sacred Steel video from
Arhoolie. In our Essential Blues section we spotlight
blues legend Little Milton.
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Reviews of: The Holmes Brothers, Artie "Blues Boy"
White, Shirley Brown, Tyrone Davis, Kenny "Blue"
Ray w/ Jackie Payne, Shakin' Smith, Sir Mack Rice, Superharps
II, Johnnie Mae Dunson plus great reissues including Honeyboy
Edwards, O.V. Wright and a previously unreleased live
Clifton Chenier disc. In our Special Features we fill
you in on acoustic bluesman Jerry Ricks who recently performed
in town and live in our studio. In our Essential Blues
we spotlight the classic partnership of pianist Leroy
Carr & guitarist Scrapper Blackwell.
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Reviews of: Lifetime a 3-CD Johnnie Taylor set, SRV a
3-CD Stevie Ray Vaughn set, The Stax Story 4-CD collection,
Big Joe & The Dynaflows, Ervin Charles, Jimmy Smith,
Steve James and a trio of fine Christmas CD's from the
Stony Plain, Miss Butch and Dialtone labels. In our Special
Features section it's road trip time as we fill you in
on a blues packed trip to Chicago. In our Essential Blues
we spotlight Chicago bluesman Jimmy Johnson.
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Reviews of: Etta
James, Roscoe Gordon, Vera Taylor, Robert Lowery, Captain
Luke & Cool John, Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection
(5-CD box set), a woman's blues collection called Mojo
Mamas plus lots of great reissues including four on the
Rounder label by Johnny Adams, Roomful Of Blues, Champion
Jack Dupree and Boozoo Chavis, a pair of 3-CD sets of
Mississippi John Hurt and Buddy Guy on the Vanguard label
a CD of classic Junior Wells sides from the 50's and a
pair of classics on the Yazoo label by Blind Lemon Jefferson
and Blind Blake. In
our Special Features section we provide a detailed look
back at the year in blues. In our Essential Blues department
we pick our top new blues records and reissues for the
year 2000.
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CD Reviews
of: B.B. King, DC Bellamy, Willie King, R.L. Burnside,
King Ernest, Erskine Oglesby, Boo Boo Davis plus lots
of great reissues including four on the Delmark label
by Roosevelt Sykes, Walter Horton plus two various artist
collections, four on the 32 Records label by Peg Leg Sam,
Homesick James, Memphis Slim plus a various artist set
and classic country blues by Henry Thomas on the Document
label and a William Clarke reissue. In our Special Features
we pay tribute to Chicago harmonica player Little Mack
Simmons who recently passed away. In our Essential Blues
department we spotlight the legendary pianist Roosevelt
Sykes
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CD Reviews
of: Snooky Pryor w/ Mel Brown, Joe Beard, Kid Ramos, Pinetop
Perkins, Peter Green, Willie Nelson plus lots of great
reissues including discs by Muddy Waters (2-CD set collecting
his first 50 sides), Roy Hawkins, a pair of reissues on
the APO label by Otis Spann and Sonny Boy Williamson,
Sony/Columbia reissues the first three Taj Mahal records
plus Fuel 2000 releases classic collections by Otis Rush
and Fontella Bass. In our Special Features we compare
and contrast recent reissues of live recordings made on
Chicago's Maxwell St. in 1964. In our Essential Blues
we spotlight the style called West Coast blues.
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CD Reviews
of: And This Is Maxwell Street (3 CD set w/ unreleased recordings
by Robert Nighthawk and others), Roy Gaines, Jerry McCain,
Irma Thomas, Roscoe Shelton w/ Earl Gaines, Beau Jocque,
The Hollywood All Stars plus reissues on the Sundazed label
by Mighty Sam McClain, Solomon Burke, a pair of gospel collections
from Hightone Records, a New Orleans soul collection from
Mardi Gras Records plus Norton's collection of early Rudy
Ray Moore sides. In our Special Features section we review
a great local show by Skeeter Brandon & Highway 61. In our
Essential Blues department we spotlight harmonica wizard
Charlie Musselwhite.
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CD Reviews
of Robert Lockwood Jr., Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges,
Larry Johnson, Eddie C. Campbell, Barbara Carr, Latimore,
Little Buster & The Soul Brothers, Harmonica Slim
& Hosea Leavy, Mosley & Johnson, Jerry Ricks, Kipori
Woods and Chris Ardoin & Double Clutchin'. In addition
we also review a great blues photography book by Ray Flerlage.
In our Essential
Blues we spotlight Tampa Red. In our Special Features section
we review the 9th annual Pocono Blues Festival with plenty
of photos.
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CD Reviews
of B.B. King & Eric Clapton, Alberta Adams, Robert Belfour, Willie
Cobbs, Vance Kelly, Joe Weaver, Rosie Ledet, I Blueskvarter
Vol. 2 (unissued Chicago blues form 1964) plus great
reissues from Lee Dorsey and previously unreleased
recordings by Son House, Lonnie Johnson and Louisiana Red.
In our Essential
Blues we take a look at unsung blues legend Lonnie Johnson.
In our Special Features section we review a great live show-
The North Mississippi Allstars caught live in Paris, France.
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CD Reviews
of Robert Ward, Paul Oscher & Steve Guyger, James
Cotton,Magic Slim (3 recent releases), Darrell Nulisch,
Hastings Street Grease Vol.2, Harlem Slim plus great reissues
from Vanguard including compilations by Otis Spann, Big
Mama Thornton (3 CD set), Charlie Musselwhite and John Hammond
plus excellent piano reissues from Delmark and Yazoo Records.
In our Essential Blues we spotlight Blind Willie McTell.
In our Special Features we review a great live show- Walter
"Wolfman" Washington.
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CD Reviews
of and Corey Harris w/ Henry Butler, Big Jack Johnson,
Jay McShann, Little Brother Montgomery, Mighty Sam McClain,
Son Seals, John Primer, Calvin Jackson. In our Essential
Blues spotlight the the great blues shouter Big Joe Turner.
In our Special Features we spotlight Cleveland's Guitar
Slim and the blues from the Cascade Lounge.
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CD Reviews
of and This is Maxwell Street (2CD Set), Blues Across
America, Arthur Williams, Fillmore Sims, Tommy Bankhead,
Phil Guy, Jo Jo Benson, Magic Slim, Lucky Peterson, Mardi
Gras Essentials, sax Gordon, Music from the Kingdom of Zydeco,
The Bluesville Years Vols. 11 & 12, Expressin' the Blues,and
reissues of Etta James, Bobby Bland, Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis
Slim and three Meters releases. In our Essential Blues spotlight
the Bluesville record label. In our Special Features we
spotlight a blues filled road trip to Cleveland.
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CD Reviews
of Johnny Otis
(3CD set), Central Avenue Sounds (4CD set), Blue Horizon
Story (3CD set), B.B. King, Eddie C. Campbell, Zachary Richard,
Walter Washington, Mojo Buford, U.P. Wilson, Johnny
Nocturne Band, Ollie Nighingale, Bob Margolin, Francine
Reed, Super Chikan plus four great Adelphi/Genes reissues by
R.L. Burnside, Henry Townsend, Honeyboy Edwards and Furry
Lewis. In our Essential Blues spotlight J.B. Lenoir. In
our Special Features we take a look at a pair of great shows
that passed through town: Robert Lockwwod/Gatemouth Brown
and singer Jesse Yawn.
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CD Reviews
of Living Country
Blues (3CD set), Joe Louis Walker, Big Al Dupree, Little
Mack Simmons, Weepin' Willie, Roy Gaines, George Stancell,
Beverly Watkins, Deep South Blues, Mississippi: The Blues
Lineage, Lloyd Jones, Superharps (w/ James Cotton, Billy
Branch, Charlie Musselwhite and Sugar Ray Norcia) plus
great reissues by Willie Mitchell, Sunnyland Slim,
Long John Hunter, Jimmy Rushing, Chicago Ain't Nothin'
But a Blues Band (classic 50's Chicago blues) and a pair
of blues books on Ike Turner and Johnny Ace. In our Essential
Blues we pick our top records of the year. In our Special
Features we take a look at the year in blues.
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CD Reviews
of Living Country Blues (3CD set), Albert King & Stevie
Ray Vaughn's In Session, Luther Allison, Sacred Steel, Bob
Corritore All-Star Sessions, Wilson Pickett, Jimmy Burns,
Syl Johnson plus Vanguard's 3CD Chicago The Blues- Today!
and Gene Norman's Blues Jubilees featuring live tracks by
Big Joe Turner, Dinah Washington among others. In our essential
blues section we pay tribute to Katie Webster. In our Special
Features department we present an article/interview with
Keb' Mo'.
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CD Reviews
of Jimmy "T-99" Nelson, I Blueskvarter (1964
Chicago Blues), Jimmy Johnson, Louisiana Red, Hadda Brooks,
Pee Wee Crayton plus a pair of classic blues piano reissues
and classic reissues from the Fantasy records vault (Lightnin'
Hopkins, Driftin' Slim, Sonny Terry, Pink Anderson, Reverend
Gary Davis). We also review the 8th annual Pocono Blues
festival. In our Special Features department we spotlight
the great Chicago guitarist Son Seals. Also our latest top
50 playlist.
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CD Reviews
of Muddy Waters (a pair of reissues), Gatemouth Brown, Arthur
Adams, Testify- The Gospel Box Set, Phillip Walker, From
Mississippi to Chicago and the first batch of CD's from
Bullseye's Blues Basic Series featuring compilations from
Gatemouth Brown, Robert Lockwood/Johnny Shines, J.B. Hutto
and Johnny Copeland. Also we review a recent club appearance
by the one and only Bobby Rush. In our Essential Blues department
we shine the spotlight on the great Chicago pianist Johnny
Jones.
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CD Reviews
of Carl Sonny Leyland, Lazy Lester, Joe Krown, Jon Cleary,
Johnny "Guitar Watson", Jay McShann, U.P. Wilson,
Asie Payton and the latest batch of CD's from the Music
Maker Foundation. Also an article on the Music Maker Foundation
as well as interviews with Music Maker artists Cootie Stark,
Beverly Watkins and Neal Pattman recorded in real audio.
In our Essential Blues department we discuss the greatest
live blues records of all time.
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CD Reviews
of Lone Star Shootout featuring Lonnie Brooks, Phillip Walker
and Long John Hunter, The Excello Story Vol. 1-4, John Jackson,
Hash Brown, Earl Hooker, B.B. King plus book reviews. Also
special feature on Excello records and an article/interview
with Big Bill Morganfield. Plus news and the month's playlist.
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CD Reviews
of Corey Harris, Taildragger, Boozoo Chavis, Lynn August,
Johnnie Basset, Lil' Buck Sinegal plus a great Sunnyland
Slim reissue. Also an eyewitness report on the New Orleans
Jazz and Heritage Festival and in our Special Feature section
a tribute to Trumpet Records and it's founder Lillian
McMurry. Plus news and the month's playlist.
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Reviews of Alligator Deluxe Series( William Clarke, Katie
Webster, Hound Dog Taylor), Rod Piazza, Neal Pattman, Cootie
Stark, Beau Jocque plus book reviews. Tribute to Lowell
Fulson and features on Bukka White and Honeyboy Edwards.
Plus news and the month's playlist.
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Reviews of Snooky Pryor, B.B. King, Earl Gaines, Johnny
Rawls, Bobby Bland, John Farmer plus book reviews. Tribute
to Charles Brown and features on Otis Rush and Otis Spann.
Plus news and the month's playlist.
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