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Okay, an acoustic guitar and a harmonica, how good can it be? Geez, everything must sound the same! Eh? Well, it can be very good indeed, actually. And it is. 1991's "Alone & Acoustic" is one of the very best of the numerous albums that Chicago blues greats Buddy Guy and Junior Wells recorded together, an intimate, expressive session, and a showcase for Guy's abilities on the acoustic twelve-string as well as for Amos "Junior" Wells' tasteful harp playing.
Sharing lead vocals, the relaxed mood seems to suggest that the two old friends are just sitting down for an hour of easy jamming, but the performances are never sloppy, always tight and done with honesty and… Read more
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Lil' Ed Williams and the Blues Imperials may not be the future of blues music...just as Bruce Springsteen wasn't the future of rock n' roll, he just provided a welcome return to the basics of rock n' roll in a world of art rock, glam rock, and heavy metal. The Blues Imperials' music isn't the most original, or varied, or even well-played electric blues you'll ever hear either. But it's fun. Lil' Ed Williams, like his late uncle J.B. Hutto, has no musical ambitions other than playing good, ol'fashioned blues and boogie a la Elmore James, Hound Dog Taylor, and (in Williams' case) uncle Joseph.
From the opening number, the catchy, swaggering "Life Is Like Gamblin'", to the… Read more
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Originally released in 1977, this album brings together Junior Wells' first singles, recorded in 1953 and 1954 when he was just a teenager (he turned 20 in December, 1954). This 1998 CD reissue adds six bonus tracks, five of which are alternate takes, and while the liner notes are somewhat sparse, the music is top-notch. Junior Wells' first LP came out more than ten years later, in 1965, but these tough early singles, taped when Junior was Muddy Waters' harmonica player, are at least as seminal. Junior's sublime first reading of "Hoodoo Man" is here, alongside a rollicking "Cut That Out", a lean, mean "Please Throw This Poor Dog A Bone", the swinging… Read more
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