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Crucial Harmonica Blues
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Track Listing
- Make My Getaway - Charlie Musselwhite
- Have Mercy - Carey Bell, Big Walter Horton
- Shake the Boogie - Billy Boy Arnold
- Sonny's Woopin' the Doop - Sonny Terry
- Broke and Hungry - Billy Branch, Junior Wells
- Thank You Baby - Delbert McClinton
- Burn Your Bridges - Cephas & Wiggins, Phil Wiggins
- Coastin' Hank
- Superharp - James Cotton
- Lonesome Stranger - Carey Bell
- One More Mile to Go
- Blowin' Like Hell - William Clarke
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #56638 in Music
- Released on: 2003-01-21
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
Budget-friendly collection of good blues harp
The tracks with Cephas and Wiggins, the harmonica champ Sonny Terry, and Billy Boy Arnold (best known for his work with Bo Diddley) are the standouts here. Among the many good collections of Harmonica music (particularly of the blues variety), this is highly recommended budget-friendly stuff that is for the casual fan of good music as well as the practicing harmonicist.
This is a must-have for harmonica blues fans
Each cut on this CD is a treasure. The styles range from Chicago blues, to Boogie-Woogie, Funk and Delta-Mississpi styles. The harmonica masters in each cut show off essential blues harmonica techniques and style.
This CD, which is quite reasonably priced, is a must for a harmonica buff but also a treat for any blues fan. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Blues Harp Doesn't Get Any Better Than This
Various Artists
"Crucial Harmonica Blues"
Alligator Records ALCD 115
Big Walter Horton and Carey Bell continue the protégé and mentor tradition on "Have Mercy". Blues harp doesn't get any better than that. Under-rated Bell appropriately adorns the disc's cover. With one `whew', you will recognize the brown jug, country blues of Sonny Terry on "Sonny's Whoopin' The Doop". Junior Wells could combine funk, grease and sweat like no other. Experience it on "Broke and Hungry". James Cotton's "Superharp" remains one of the best harp-blowin' tunes ever, while fiery Carey Bell shows why he now reigns as best harpist/vocalist on "Lonesome Stranger".
Do these artists and songs qualify as Crucial Harmonica Blues? You're damn right they do.
-- Tim Holek
