| Product Summary | | Label: Vanguard | | UPC: 00015707954822 | | Release Date: 1/25/2000 | | Buy.com Sku: 60378608 | | Item#: MD3JKD | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Poison Ivy - Buddy Guy ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. One Room Country Shack - Buddy Guy ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Mary Had A Little Lamb - Buddy Guy ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Sweet Little Angel - Buddy Guy ~ Various Artists | | | 5. (I Got A) Stomach Ache - Buddy Guy/Junior Wells ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Vietcong Blues - Buddy Guy/Junior Wells ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Everything's Going To Turn Out Alright - The Otis Rush Blues Band (TRUE instrumental) ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Rock - The Otis Rush Blues Band ~ Various Artists | | | 9. It's My Own Fault - The Otis Rush Blues Band ~ Various Artists | | | 10. It's A Mean Old World - The Otis Rush Blues Band ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Dust My Broom - Homesick James & His Dusters ~ Various Artists | | | 12. That's The Truth - J.B. Hutto & The Hawks ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Long Distance Call - John Hammond/Robbie Robertson ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Who Do You Love - John Hammond/Robbie Robertson ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Rambling Blues - John Hammond/Robbie Robertson ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Baby Please Don't Go - Lightnin' Hopkins ~ Various Artists | | | 17. I Can't Quit You Baby / Stop Now Baby - John Lee Hooker - (live) ~ Various Artists | | | 18. Walkin' Blues - Muddy Waters (live) ~ Various Artists | | | 19. I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters (live) ~ Various Artists | | | 20. Nineteen Years Old - Muddy Waters (live) ~ Various Artists | | | 21. Down In The Bottom - The Siegel-Schwall Band ~ Various Artists | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Includes liner notes by John Milward. | | In the 1960s, lovers of electric blues had a lot to choose from -- not only the Chicago blues, but also the electric blues of Texas, Louisiana, Detroit, and Memphis. Vanguard's electric blues output of the 1960s is the main focus of this 2000 compilation, which spans 1965-1968 and spotlights some of the guitar playing singers who recorded for the label. Vanguard was no stranger to acoustic country blues -- one of the CD's highlights, in fact, is Texas native Lightnin' Hopkins performing "Baby, Please Don't Go" at the Newport Folk Festival -- but for the most part, Frett'n the Blues concerns itself with electric Northern blues. Chicago-based artists dominate the CD, and the vitality of Chicago's blues scene of the 1960s is illustrated by such delights as Buddy Guy performing "Sweet Little Angel" and "One Room Country Shack," Homesick James tackling "Dust My Broom," and Otis Rush embracing "It's a Mean Old World." Muddy Waters, meanwhile, is in fine form on three Newport Folk Festival performances, including "She's Nineteen Years Old" and "I Can't Be Satisfied." And the unique John Lee Hooker, one of the non-Chicagoans on this CD, gives an enjoyable, if too brief, performance on "I Can't Quit You, Baby." Frett'n the Blues is far from the last word on blues singers/guitarists in the 1960s; nonetheless, it paints a generally impressive picture of Vanguard's contributions to the electric Northern blues during that decade. ~ Alex Henderson |
Producer: Tom Vickers (Compilation) |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 01/25/2000 | | Original Release Date : 2000 | | Catalog ID : 79548 | | Label : Vanguard Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00015707954822 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Dirty Linen (6-7/00, pp.92-3)
- "...Brings together some of the choicest blues artists ever to pick up a 6-string....an excellent introduction to the blues genre with detailed liner notes on all songs and discography included..." |
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