[Muz] VA - House of Blues: Essential Blues Vol. ...

Artist: Various Artists
Album: House of Blues: Essential Blues vol.2 (Disc 1)
Genre:: Blues
Label: House of Blues
Release Date: May 28, 1996
Quality: mp3@320 kb/s


Tracklist Disc 1:

01 Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters
02 Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
03 Evil (Is Goin' On) - Howlin' Wolf
04 Turn On Your Love Light - Bobby Bland
05 I Hear Some Blues Downstairs - Fenton Robinson
06 Juke - Little Walter
07 I'm A Hog For You Baby - Clifton Chenier
08 I Need Someone (To Love Me) - Z. Z. Hill
09 Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King
10 Hoodoo Man Blues - Junior Wells
11 Frigidaire Woman - Son Seals
12 A Man And The Blues - Buddy Guy
13 Spann's Boogie Woogie - Otis Spann
14 Sweet Home Chicago - Lonnie Brooks
15 Messing With The Blues - James Brown
16 Baby What You Want Me To Do - Jimmy Reed


Essential Blues is an attempt to trace the evolution of the music from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago and other modern, urban cities. It does a fairly good job in providing a brief history, but the main strength of the collection simply comes from the music. Featuring cuts from Lightnin' Hopkins, Howlin' Wolf, B. B. King, Slim Harpo, Junior Parker, Elmore James, Albert Collins, and many, many others, it's a quick and effective way to sample a variety of different blues styles. For neophytes, Essential Blues does offer a splendid introduction to the genre.

If you are just starting to collect blues recordings, then you would really enjoy this one. It includes some very popular ones, like the tracks by Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, and BB King, as well as many lesser known artists. But it's all good, and the variety in style that you hear from track to track makes this a great CD to play over and over again. It's a lot of blues for the money, if you can find it! ~ Patrick Madigan [...]






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