Blow'n the Blues: Best of the Great Harp Players

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  • Release Date: 01/25/2000
  • Sales Rank: 59,685
  • Label: VANGUARD RECORDS
  • UPC: 015707954921

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Blow'n the Blues: Best of the Great Harp Players

1LISTENHelp Me / Junior Wells 4:07
2LISTENMessin' with the Kid / Junior Wells 2:23
3LISTENStormy Monday Blues / Junior Wells 4:23
4LISTENChecking on My Baby / Junior Wells 3:09
5LISTENEarly in the Morning / Junior Wells 4:24
6LISTENCotton Crop Blues / James Cotton 2:21
7LISTENThe Blues Keep Falling / James Cotton 4:02
8LISTENRocket 88 / James Cotton 2:05
9LISTENHonest I Do / James Cotton 2:51
10LISTENCoast Blues / James Cotton 7:22
11LISTENHey, Hey / Johnny Shines 2:24
12LISTENRockin' My Boogie / Big Walter Horton's Blues Band 3:29
13LISTENChicken Shack / Charlie Musselwhite 4:17
14LISTENJuke / Charlie Musselwhite 2:18
15LISTENChristo Redemptor / Charlie Musselwhite 3:19
16LISTENMy Baby's Sweeter / Charlie Musselwhite 4:18
17LISTENAngel Food Cake / Siegel-Schwall Band 4:23
18LISTENTell Me / Siegel-Schwall Band 3:50
19LISTENBlues with a Feeling / The Paul Butterfield Blues Band 3:57

Editorial Reviews

Subtitled "best of the great harp players," this pulls tracks from various Vanguard releases from the 1960s. Kicking off with five tracks from Junior Wells and five more from James Cotton, the set moves to pick up performances of Big Walter Horton behind Johnny Shines and a duet with a very young Charlie Musselwhite. Musselwhite has four tracks as solo artist, followed by two from the Siegel-Schwall Band. But the true highlight is a live at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival recording of the original Paul Butterfield Blues Band. With Mike Bloomfield on slide guitar, Butterfield tears into a version of Little Walter's "Blues With a Feeling" that would challenge his studio recording of the tune until Sam Lay inadvertently short circuits the tune a chorus too early, leaving Butterfield and the band scrambling for the ending -- a great moment. A classic compilation, especially if you don't already have these tracks on other sets. Cub Koda, All Music Guide

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