Description
This 50 track double CD charts the historical development of the blues in Chicago. This five-year period represents one of the most influential movements in popular music. Inspired by the initial success of artists like Big Bill Broonzy and the newly electrified sounds of Muddy Waters the Chicago Blues scene changed music forever. The album features the best of the artists who played and recorded in Chicago whose music would travel the world in the early 60's and make household names of singers whose aim at the time was to secure well paid gigs with the bonus of a local Chicago hit. Names like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Sunnyland Slim, Elmore James, Floyd Jones, J B Lenoir, Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter.What these recordings actually did was inspire British and American teenagers to change the course of rock music forever.
Track Listing
Disc 1:- Robert Nighthawk - Black Angel Blues
- Little Johnny Jones - Big Town Playboy
- Big Bill Broonzy & His Fat Four - I Love My Whiskey
- St Louis Jimmy - Shame On You Baby
- Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get To Drinkin'
- Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone
- Jimmy Rogers - That's All Right
- Memphis Slim - Train Time
- Robert Jr. Lockwood & His Band - I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole
- Robert Jr. Lockwood - Dust My Broom
- Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call
- Jimmy Rogers - The World's In Tangle
- Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years
- Eddie Boyd - Bluecoat Man
- Howlin Wolf - How Many More Years
- Howlin Wolf - Moanin' At Midnight
- Muddy Waters - She Moves Me
- Floyd Jones - Dark Road
- Homesick James - Farmer's Blues
- Homesick James - Lonesome Old Train
- Little Walter - Juke
- Little Walter - Off The Wall
- Willie Mabon - I'm Mad
- Jimmy Reed - High & Lonesome
- Willie Nix - Just Can't Say
- Willie Mabon - I Don't Know
- Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go
- Jimmy Reed - I Found My Baby
- Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours
- Johnny Shines - Evening Sun
- Johnny Shines - Brutal Hearted Woman
- Jimmy Eager (Tampa Red) - Please Mr. Doctor
- J. B. Hutto & His Hawks - Combination Boogie
- J. B. Hutto - Pet Cream Man
- Snooky Pryor - Crosstown Blues
- Muddy Walters - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- Big Walter Horton - Hard Hearted Woman
- Big Walter Horton - Back Home To Mama
- Elmore James - She Just Won't Do Right
- Elmore James - Country Boogie
- Floyd Jones - Schooldays On My Mind
- Curtis Jones - Cool Playing Blues
- Curtis Jones - Wrong Blues
- Big Boy Spires - Which One Do I Love
- L.C Mckinley - Weeping Willow Blues
- L.C Mckinley - Be My Companion Blues
- Big Boy Spires - Which One Do I Love
- Howlin Wolf - Evil
- J.B Lenoir - Mama Talk To Your Daughter
- Little Walter - Lights Out
Additional Details
Label: Acrobat
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 11/08/11
UPC: 824046300920
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