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Magic Sam: Live At The Avant Garde

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On November 18, 2013, “Delmark” label released “Live at the Avant Garde”, the eleventh Magic Sam (Samuel Gene Maghett) album. It was recorded in June 1968, at “The Avant Garde” in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was produced by Jim Charne and Robert G. Koester.

Personnel:

  • Magic Sam − vocals, guitar
  • Robert “Big Mojo” Elem – bass
  • Bob Richey – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Samuel Maghett (Magic Sam) except where noted

  1. San-Ho-Zay – Freddie King, Sonny Thompson
  2. Don´t Want No Woman – Don Robey
  3. I Need You So Bad – B.B. King, Sam Ling
  4. Feelin´ Good – Herman Parker
  5. It´s All Your Fault Baby – Lowell Fulson
  6. You Belong to Me
  7. Bad Luck Blues
  8. Come On in This House – Amos Blakemore
  9. Hoochie Coochie Man – Willie Dixon
  10. Still a Fool – Muddy Waters
  11. That´s All I Need
  12. All Your Love (I Miss Loving) – Otis Rush
  13. That´s All Right – Jimmy Rogers
  14. Lookin’ Good
  15. Everynight and Everyday – Jimmy McCracklin
  16. Hully Gully Twist – B.B. King, Joe Josea

Dion: Son of Skip James

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On November 6, 2007, “Verve Forecast” label released “Son of Skip James”, the thirtieth Dion album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Sound Great Production”, and was produced by Dion.

Personnel:

  • Dion DiMucci – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Rick Krive – piano
  • Bob Guertin – organ, percussion, engineer
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Hollis King – art direction
  • Kazumi Matsumoto – graphic design
  • Bill Bush – photography
  • Susan DiMucci – photography
  • Michael Friedman – photography
  • Richard Gottehrer – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Nadine – Chuck Berry
  2. My Babe – Willie Dixon
  3. Hoodoo Man Blues – Junior Wells
  4. Drop Down Mama – Sleepy John Estes
  5. Hoochie Coochie Man – Willie Dixon
  6. Baby I’m in the Mood – Bob Dylan
  7. I’m a Guitar King – Tommy McClennan
  8. The Thunder – Dion DiMucci
  9. Interlude – Spoken Word – Dion DiMucci
  10. Son of Skip James – Dion DiMucci
  11. Preachin’ Blues – Robert Johnson
  12. If I Had Possession (Over Judgement Day) – Robert Johnson
  13. Devil Got My Way – Skip James

The Allman Brothers Band: Idlewild South

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On September 23, 1970, “Atco” label released “Idlewild South”, the second Allman Brothers Band (The) studio album. It was recorded February–July 1970, at “Capricorn Sound Studios” in Macon; “Criteria Studios” in Miami; “Regent Sound Studios” in
New York City, and was produced by Tom Dowd and Joel Dorn.

Personnel:

  • Gregg Allman– vocals, organ, piano
  • Duane Allman– slide, acoustic and lead guitar
  • Dickey Betts– lead guitar
  • Berry Oakley– vocals, harmony vocals, bass guitar
  • Jai Johanny Johanson– drums, congas, timbales, percussion
  • Butch Trucks– drums, timpani
  • Thom Doucette– harmonica, percussion
  • Tom Dowd– engineer
  • Bob Liftin – engineer
  • Chuck Kirkpatrick – engineer
  • Howie Albert – engineer
  • Jim Hawkins – engineer
  • Ron Albert – engineer
  • Jimm Roberts – artwork, photography
  • Suha Gur – mastering
  • Frank Fenter – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Gregg Allman, except where noted.

  1. Revival – Dickey Betts
  2. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’
  3. Midnight Rider – Gregg Allman, Robert Payne
  4. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed – Dickey Betts
  5. Hoochie Coochie Man – Willie Dixon
  6. Please Come Home
  7. Leave My Blues at Home

Muddy Waters: Hoochie Coochie Man

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On January 7, 1954, Muddy Waters recorded “Hoochie Coochie Man”, a blues standard written by Willie Dixon. The song originally titled “I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man” became one of Muddy Waters most popular songs and one of the best known blues standards of all time.  In 2004, the song was selected for preservation by the US “Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry”. The song was released in 1954 by “Chess” label as a Ten-inch 78 rpm & seven-inch 45 rpm records (She’s So Pretty as B-side) and was produced by Leonard Chess.

Muddy Waters

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On April 30, 1983, McKinley Morganfield aka Muddy Waters died aged 70. He was musician (guitar), singer and somgwriter, named the “Father of modern Chicago Blues”. Waters wrote few classic standards including “I just want to make love to you”, “I’m your Hoochie Coochie Man”, “Got my Mojo working” and had a major influence on many artists including Cream, Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin. The Rolling Stones named themselves after Waters’ 1950 song “Rollin’ Stone”.

Willie Dixon

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On January 29, 1992, William James “Willie” Dixon died aged 72. He was musician (guitar), singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, “Grammy Award” winner ,next to Muddy Waters recognized as the most influential person in shaping the post-World War II sound of the Chicago blues. His songs were recorded by countless number of musicians such as Bob Dylan, Cream, Jeff Beck, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones. Some of his best known songs are “Hoochie Coochie Man”, “I Just Want to Make Love to You”, “Little Red Rooster”, “My Babe”, “Spoonful”, and “You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover”.