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Muddy Waters: Muddy “Mississippi” Waters – Live

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In January 1979, “Blue Sky” label released “Muddy “Mississippi” Waters – Live”, album by Muddy Waters. It was recorded 1977 – 1978, at “Harry Hope’s”, Cary, IL, “Masonic Auditorium”, Detroit, MI, and was produced by Johnny Winter.

Personnel:

  • Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) – vocals, slide guitar
  • Johnny Winter – additional vocals, guitar
  • Bob Margolin – guitar
  • Luther “Guitar Jr.” Johnson – guitar
  • Pinetop Perkins – piano
  • Jerry Portnoy – harmonica
  • James Cotton – harmonica
  • Calvin “Fuzz” Jones – bass
  • Charles Calmese – bass
  • Willie “Big Eyes” Smith – drums
  • Dave Still – engineer. mixing, production consultant
  • Dave Prentice – mixing assistance
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Paula Scher – design
  • Jim Marshall – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters), except where noted.

  1. Mannish Boy – McKinley Morganfield, Ellas McDaniel, Mel London
  2. She’s Nineteen Years Old
  3. Nine Below Zero – Sonny Boy Williamson
  4. Streamline Woman
  5. Howling Wolf
  6. Baby Please Don’t Go
  7. Deep Down in Florida

Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper: The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper

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In January 1969, “Columbia” label released “The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper”, album by Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper. It was recorded in September 1968, at “Fillmore West” in San Francisco, and was produced by Al Kooper.

Personnel:

  • Mike Bloomfield – vocals, guitar
  • Al Kooper – lead vocals, organ, ondioline, piano
  • Carlos Santana – guitar
  • Elvin Bishop – lead vocals, guitar
  • John Kahn – bass
  • Skip Prokop – drums
  • Norman Rockwell – cover artwork

Track listing:

  1. Opening Speech – Mike Bloomfield
  2. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) – Paul Simon
  3. I Wonder Who – Ray Charles
  4. Her Holy Modal Highness – Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield
  5. The Weight – Robbie Robertson
  6. Mary Ann – Ray Charles
  7. Together ‘Til the End of Time – Frank Wilson
  8. That’s All Right – Arthur Crudup
  9. Green Onions – Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson Jr., Lewie Steinberg
  10. Opening Speech – Al Kooper
  11. Sonny Boy Williamson – Jack Bruce, Paul Jones
  12. No More Lonely Nights – Sonny Boy Williamson
  13. Dear Mr. Fantasy – Jim Capaldi, Stevie Winwood, Chris Wood
  14. Don’t Throw Your Love on Me So Strong – Albert King
  15. Finale-Refugee – Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield

Peter Wolf: Sleeppless

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On September 10, 2002, “Artemis” label released “Sleepless” the sixth Peter Wolf album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Sear Sound”, “Avatar”, “Globe Studios” and “Red House” in New York City, “Woolly Mammoth Sound” in Boston, and was produced by Kenny White and Peter Wolf. Magazine “Rolling Stone”, ranked “Sleepless” on number 427 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Peter Wolf – vocals
  • Mick Jagger – vocals, harmonica
  • Steve Earle – vocals
  •  Larry Campbell – acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, fiddle, pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar, backing vocals
  • Duke Levine – mandolin, electric guitar, baritone guitar
  • Angelo Petraglia – acoustic guitar
  • Cornell Dupree – guitars
  • Stuart Kimball – electric guitar
  • Keith Richards – vocals, electric guitar
  • Kenny White – organ, acoustic piano, acoustic guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano, backing vocals
  • Brian Mitchell – accordion
  • Magic Dick – harmonica
  •  Tony Garnier – acoustic bass
  • Warren McRae – electric bass
  • John Conte – electric bass
  • Paul Ossola – acoustic bass
  • Shawn Pelton – drums, drum loop
  • Kevin Shurtleff – additional drums, percussion
  • Charley Drayton – drums
  • Dan Reiser – drums
  • Sammy Merendino – additional percussion
  • Crispin Cioe – alto saxophone
  • Arno Hecht – tenor saxophone
  • Larry Etkin – trumpet
  • Bob Funk – tenor trombone
  • Rob Eaton – backing vocals
  • Teresa Williams – backing vocals
  • Ada Dyer – backing vocals
  • Cire Jones – backing vocals
  • Catherine Russell – backing vocals
  • Milt Grayson – bass vocals
  • Fred Griffith – backing vocals
  • Rob Eaton – recording, mixing
  • Ben Wisch – recording, mixing
  • Phil Greene – mixing
  • Dave Westner – additional engineering, mixing
  • Chris Rival – additional engineering
  • Tom Waltz – additional engineering
  • John Weston – additional engineering
  • Steve Mazur – engineer assistant
  • Jacques Obadia – engineer assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Frank Olinsky – design, cover photography
  • Joe Greene – photography
  • Karen Rome – project coordinator
  • Jill Dell’Abate – session coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Growin’ Pain – Angelo Petraglia, Peter Wolf
  2. Nothin’ but the Wheel – John Scott Sherrill
  3. A Lot of Good Ones Gone – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  4. Never Like This Before – Isaac Hayes, Booker T. Jones, David Porter
  5. Run Silent, Run Deep – Timothy S. Mayer, Peter Wolf
  6. Homework – Dave Clark, Al Perkins, Otis Rush
  7. Five O’Clock Angel – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  8. Hey Jordan – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  9. Too Close Together – Sonny Boy Williamson
  10. Some Things You Don’t Want to Know – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  11. Oh Marianne – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  12. Sleepless – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf

Grateful Dead: The Grateful Dead

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On March 17, 1967, “Warner Bros” label released “The Grateful Dead”, the debut Grateful Dead studio album. It was recorded in January 1967, at “RCA Studio A” in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Hassinger.

Personnel:

  • Jerry “Captain Trips” Garcia – vocals, lead guitar, arrangements
  • Bob Weir – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Ron “Pigpen” McKernan – vocals, Vox Continental organ, harmonica
  • Phil Lesh – vocals, bass guitar
  • Bill The Drummer (Bill Kreutzmann) – drums, percussion
  • Dick Bogert – engineer
  • Betty Cantor – engineer
  • Bob Cassidy – engineer
  • Mouse Studios – design
  • Herb Greene – cover photography
  • Gene Anthony – liner photography

Track listing:

  1. The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) – McGannahan Skjellyfetti
  2. Beat It On Down the Line – Jessy Fuller
  3. Good Morning Little School Girl – Sonny Boy Williamson
  4. Cold Rain and Snow – Obray Chatmon
  5. Sitting on Top of the World – Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson
  6. Cream Puff War – Jerry Garcia
  7. Morning Dew – Bonnie Robson, Tim Rose
  8. New, New Minglewood Blues – Noah Lewis
  9. Viola Lee Blues – Noah Lewis

Ike & Tina Turner: Outta Season

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In March 1969, “Blue Thumb” label released “Outta Season”, the eight Ike & Tina Turner album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Bob Krasnow and Tina Turner.

Personnel:

  • Tina Turner – vocal
  • Ike Turner – guitar
  • Tom Wilkes – art direction
  • Barry Feinstein – photography

Track listing:

  1. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long – Otis Reding, Jerry Butler
  2. Mean Old World – adapted by Ike Turner
  3. 3 O’clock in the Morning Blues – B.B. King, Jules Taub
  4. Five Long Years – Eddie Boyd
  5. Dust My Broom – adapted by Ike Turner
  6. Grumbling – Ike Turner
  7. I am a Motherless Child – Tina Turner
  8. Crazy ‘Bout You Baby – Sonny Boy Williamson
  9. Reconsider Baby – Lowell Fulson
  10. Honest I Do – Ewart Abner, Jimmy Reed
  11. Please Love Me – B. B. King, Jules Taub
  12. My Babe – Willie Dixon
  13. Rock Me Baby – B. B. King, Joe Josea

Buddy Guy: The Blues Is Alive and Well

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On June 15, 2018, “RCA/Silverstone Records” label released “The Blues Is Alive and Well”, the 18th Buddy Guy studio album. It was recorded in 2018 and was produced by Tom Hambridge. At the 61st “Grammy Awards”, “The Blues Is Alive and Well” won the “Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album”. 

Personnel:

  • Buddy Guy – vocals, lead guitar
  • Jeff Beck – guitar
  • Keith Richards – guitar
  • Rob McNelley – rhythm and slide guitar
  • James Bay – vocals, guitar
  • Kevin McKendree – keyboards, electric piano, organ, mellotron, upright piano, clavinet
  • Mick Jagger – harmonica
  • Willie Weeks – bass
  • Tommy MacDonald – bass
  • Tom Hambridge – drums, mixing
  • The Muscle Shoals Horns – horns
  • Doug Moffet – tenor saxophone
  • Jim Hoke – baritone saxophone
  • Ducky Carlisle – recording
  • Michael Saint-Leon – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jeff Schulz – art direction, design
  • Chuck Lanza, Paul Natkin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Flemming and Tom Hambridge, except where noted.

  1. A Few Good Years
  2. Guilty as Charged
  3. Cognac – Buddy Guy, Richard Flemming, Tom Hambridge
  4. The Blues Is Alive and Well – Gary Nicholson, Tom Hambridge
  5. Bad Day – Mac Davis, Tom Hambridge
  6. Blue No More- Jamey Johnson, Tom Hambridge
  7. Whiskey for Sale – Tom Hambridge
  8. You Did the Crime
  9. Old Fashioned – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge
  10. When My Day Comes – Bill Sweeney, Tom Hambridge
  11. Nine Below Zero – Sonny Boy Williamson
  12. Ooh Daddy
  13. Somebody Up There
  14. End of the Line
  15. Milking Muther for Ya – Buddy Guy

New York Dolls: Too Much Too Soon

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On May 10, 1974, “Mercury” label released “Too Much Too Soon”, the second New York Dolls album. It was recorded in 1974 at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Shadow Morton.

Personnel:

  • David Johansen – vocals, gong
  • Sylvain Sylvain – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Johnny Thunders – vocals, guitar
  • Arthur “Killer” Kane – bass
  • Jerry Nolan – drums, percussion
  • Dixon Van Winkle – engineer
  • Dennis Druzbik – engineer
  • Gilbert Kong – mastering
  • Album Graphics – graphic supervision
  • Hans G. Lehmann – photography
  • Pieter Mazel – photography
  • Bob Gruen – photography

Track listing:

  1. Babylon – David Johansen, Johnny Thunders
  2. Stranded in the Jungle – James Johnson, Ernestine Smith
  3. Who Are the Mystery Girls? – David Johansen, Johnny Thunders
  4. (There’s Gonna Be A) Showdown – Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
  5. It’s Too Late – David Johansen, Johnny Thunders
  6. Puss ’n’ Boots – David Johansen, Sylvain Sylvain
  7. Chatterbox – Johnny Thunders
  8. Bad Detective – Keni St. Lewis
  9. Don’t Start Me Talkin’ – Sonny Boy Williamson
  10. Human Being – David Johansen, Johnny Thunders

Sonny Boy Williamson: The Real Folk Blues

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In January 1966, “Chess” label released “The Real Folk Blues”, the sixth Sonny Boy Williamson II album. It was recorded September 1957 – April 1964, in Chicago, and was produced by Marshall Chess.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Boy Williamson – vocals, harmonica
  • Buddy Guy, Robert Lockwood Jr., Eddie King, Matt Murphy, Luther Tucker – guitar
  • Otis Spann – piano
  • Lafayette Leake – piano, organ
  • Willie Dixon, Jack Meyers, Milton Rector – bass
  • Fred Below, Al Duncan, Odie Payne – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Boy Williamson except where noted

  1. One Way Out
  2. Too Young to Die
  3. Trust My Baby
  4. Checkin’ Up on My Baby
  5. Sad to Be Alone
  6. Got to Move
  7. Bring It On Home – Willie Dixon
  8. Down Child
  9. Peach Tree
  10. Dissatisfied
  11. That’s All I Want – Willie Dixon
  12. Too Old to Think

Leonard Chess

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On October 16, 1969, Lejzor Szmuel Czyż aka Leonard Chess died aged 52. He was a record company executive and the co-founder of Chess Records, home to John Lee Hooker, Little Walter, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, The Moonglows, The Flamingos, Jimmy Reed, and Sonny Boy Williamson. He was influential in the development of rock and roll, electric blues, and the Chicago blues scene.