Blues Guitar Greats (1996) (Guy/Rush/Allison/Lockwood/Bell)

Product Summary Label: Delmark UPC: 00038153069728 Release Date: 7/29/2000 Buy.com Sku: 60203105 Item#: MSX75N Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Down In The Bottoms - Big Joe Williams ~ Various Artists 2. Government Money - Sleepy John Estes ~ Various Artists 3. I Don't Want No Woman - Magic Sam ~ Various Artists 4. Five Long Years - Luther Allison ~ Various Artists 5. If You Change Your Mind - J.B. Hutto ~ Various Artists 6. Chitlins Con Carne - Jimmy Dawkins ~ Various Artists 7. I Walked All Night - Mighty Joe Young ~ Various Artists 8. Lockwood's Boogie - Robert Lockwood Jr. ~ Various Artists 9. Trouble Don't Last Always - Junior Wells/Buddy Guy ~ Various Artists 10. So Many Roads - Otis Rush ~ Various Artists 11. Crash Head On Into Love - Lonnie Brooks ~ Various Artists 12. Strange How I Miss You - Jimmy Johnson ~ Various Artists 13. Why's Life Got To Be This Way - Floyd McDaniel & The Blues Swingers ~ Various Artists 14. Someday After Awhile - Barkin' Bill/Steve Freund ~ Various Artists 15. West Side Stroll - Dave Specter & The Bluebirds ~ Various Artists 16. West Side Woman - Lurrie Bell ~ Various Artists 17. Mean Mistreater - Johnny B. Moore ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Compilation producers: Robert G. Koester, Scott Dirks. Engineers include: Ralph Bass. Recorded between 1961 and 1995. Includes liner notes by Justin O'Brien. Recording information: Chicago, IL (02/09/1994). This 17-track collection runs from 1961 to 1995, a good 30-plus years of the label's existence. As such, it covers just about every strain of blues guitar that has ever appeared on Delmark. With standout tracks from Big Joe Williams, Magic Sam (an unreleased live track from 1968), Luther Allison, J.B. Hutto, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Junior Wells with Buddy Guy, Lonnie Brooks, and Lurrie Bell, this is a really nice overview of Chicago blues guitar-oriented recordings covering a good three decades of important music. Highly recommended. ~ Cub Koda   Technical Info Release Date : 11/26/1996 Original Release Date : 1996 Catalog ID : 697 Label : Delmark Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 70m : 31s Studio/Live : Mixed Mono/Stereo : Mixed SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00038153069728   Professional Reviews Down Beat (5/97, p.73) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...If nothing else, the road from [country blues] to [urban blues] demonstrates how broad [label owner Bob] Koester's interests range, and how complex the history of Chicago blues guitar really is."    Product Image