Crucial Rockin' Blues

by N/A

Overview

If completely raw, slightly unhinged electric blues is your thing, this Alligator sampler from its vast catalog is fine medicine to feed your fever. There are 12 tracks here from the likes of Johnny Winter, Coco Montoya, Tinsley Ellis, Shemekia Copeland, Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials, Lonnie Mack, and Roy Buchanan, just to mention a few. The producers went from Australia (Dave Hole) to all four coastlines to to bring approximately 50 minutes of the raunchiest, stomping guitar freakout electric blues onto a single disc, with participants including the Holmes Brothers at their wildest; the music comes from the Deep South (Guitar Shorty and Copeland), from Chicago (Ellis and Lil' Ed), from Los Angeles (the Paladins and Lee Rocker), and from New York (Koko Taylor [who is from Chicago but lives in the Apple now] and Winter). This is the burn-down-the-house style of music that most modern blues fans crave, and this is a hefty dose for what ails you. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	05/22/2007
Label:	Alligator Records
UPC:	0014551012221
Rank:	137655

Tracks

1. Last Dirty Deal  - Coco Montoya
2. Route 90  - Johnny Winter
3. Golden Rule  -  Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
4. Hound Dog Man  - Lonnie Mack  - Stevie Ray Vaughan
5. Phone Line  - Dave Hole
6. I'm Gonna Leave You  -  Guitar Shorty
7. The Next Miss Wrong  - Tinsley Ellis
8. Run Myself Out of Town  -  Holmes Brothers
9. It's 2 A.M.  - Shemekia Copeland
10. Rockin' Harder  - Lee Rocker
11. 25 Miles  - Roy Buchanan  - Johnny Sayles
12. Follow Your Heart  -  Paladins

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Roy Buchanan   Primary Artist
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials   Primary Artist
Lonnie Mack   Primary Artist
Johnny Sayles   Primary Artist
Lee Rocker   Primary Artist
Johnny Winter   Primary Artist
Coco Montoya   Primary Artist
Tinsley Ellis   Primary Artist
Dave Hole   Primary Artist
Guitar Shorty   Primary Artist
Stevie Ray Vaughan   Primary Artist
Shemekia Copeland   Primary Artist
The Holmes Brothers   Primary Artist
The Paladins   Primary Artist
Bruce Iglauer   Sampling
Bob DePugh   Sampling

Technical Credits

Robert Barclay   Photography
Kevin Niemiec   Package Design
Bruce Iglauer   Producer
Bob DePugh   Producer