Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Kenny Neal (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, harmonica); Doug Wainoris, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Tab Benoit, Tinsley Ellis, Tommy Castro, Troy Turner (vocals, guitar); Junior Wells, Mookie Brill, Charlie Musselwhite (vocals, harmonica); Sam Lay (vocals, drums); Andrea Re (vocals, percussion, background vocals); Rob Roy (vocals); G.E. Smith, Hubert Sumlin, Larry Burton, Marty Stuart, Rico McFarland, Bob Margolin, Brian Stoltz (guitar); Denny Breau (acoustic guitar); T-Bone Wolk (mandolin, accordion); Mary Jo Carlsen (violin); Greg "Fingers" Taylor , Jerry Portnoy, Carey Bell (harmonica); Ryan Zoidis (saxophone); Ward Smith (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Jo Smith, Gordon Beadle (tenor saxophone); Jason Ward (baritone saxophone); Steve Howard (trumpet); David Noyes (trombone); David Torkanowsky (piano, organ, keyboards); Celia Ann Price, Kevin McKendree (piano, organ); David Maxwell, Eric Moore, Pinetop Perkins (piano); Bruce Katz (organ); Travis Colby (keyboards); Bob Kommersmith (acoustic bass); Herman V. Ernest III (drums, percussion); Chris Layton, Darren Thiboutot, Darryl White , Per Hanson, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Brian Jones (drums); Donna Hopkins, Debbie Hambelton (background vocals). | | Recording information: Big Sound, Portland, ME (11/08/1994-??/??/2002); Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS (11/08/1994-??/??/2002); Bob Margolin's Home (11/08/1994-??/??/2002); Dockside Studios, Maurice, LA (11/08/1994-??/??/2002); Sea Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, LA (11/08/1994-??/??/2002); Stonehenge Recording @ ZAC, Atlanta, GA (11/08/1994-??/??/2002); The Studio, Portland, ME (11/08/1994-??/??/2002); Three Little Pigs Studio, Nashville, TN (11/08/1994-??/??/2002); Thunderbird Recording, Larose, LA (11/08/1994-??/??/2002). | | Photographer: Robert Hoffman. | | Even though its not a budget-line sampler, you won't be disappointed after paying list price for Bar Room Blues: A 12-Track Program, which highlights artists on the Telarc blues roster who have a serious juke-joint jones. Since Telarc released its hugely successful Blues for a Rotten Afternoon budget-line sampler in 2000, other labels jumped on the bandwagon and, before you knew it, music consumers were being bombarded ad nauseam with less than interesting compilations with cute titles like Jazz for Dads or Blues for the Child. Fortunately, these 12 cuts are top-notch and highlight modern guitar-driven blues by Tab Benoit, Troy Turner, Doug Wainoris, and Tinsley Ellis, along with standouts from veteran bluesmen Charlie Musselwhite ("Cold Grey Light of Dawn"), Junior Wells ("Last Hand of the Night"), Bob Margolin ("My New Baby Owns a Whiskey Store"), and Sam Lay ("Pure Grain Alcohol"). While you can safely bypass the majority of shoddy budget-line label samplers, Bar Room Blues: A 12-Track Program is one to look out for. ~ Al Campbell |
Producer: Kajo Paukert (Compilation) |
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