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Magic Sam: Live At The Avant Garde

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

Foghat: Sonic Mojo

On November 10, 2023, “Foghat Records” label released “Sonic Mojo”, the seventeenth studio Foghat album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Boogie Motel South” in Deland, Florida, and was produced by Bryan Bassett,

Personnel:

  • Bryan Bassett – vocals, lead and slide guitar, engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Scott Holt – lead vocals, lead guitar
  • Rodney O’Quinn – lead vocals, bass guitar
  • Roger Earl – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Eddie Lefebvre – percussion
  • Linda Arcello-Earl – artwork, layout

Track listing:

  1. She’s a Little Bit of Everything – Bryan Bassett, Roger Earl, Scott Holt, Rodney O’Quinn, Kim Simmonds
  2. I Don’t Appreciate You – Bryan Bassett, Roger Earl, Scott Holt, Rodney O’Quinn
  3. Mean Woman Blues – Claude DeMetrius
  4. Drivin’ On – Bryan Bassett, Roger Earl, Scott Holt, Rodney O’Quinn, Kim Simmonds
  5. Let Me Love You Baby – Willie Dixon
  6. How Many More Years – Chester Burnett
  7. Song for the Life – Rodney J. Crowell
  8. Wish I’d Been There – Bryan Bassett, Roger Earl, Scott Holt, Rodney O’Quinn
  9. Time Slips Away – Brayn Bassett, Roger Earl, Scott Holt, Rodney O’Quinn, Kim Simmonds
  10. Black Days and Blue Nights – Bryan Bassett, Roger Earl, Scott Holt, Rodney O’Quinn
  11. She’s Dynamite – B.B. King
  12. Promised Land – Chuck Berry

The Band: Jericho

On November 2, 1993, “Rhino Entertainment” label released “Jericho”, the eighth Band (The) studio album. It was recorded 1985, 1990 – 1993, at “Levon Helm Studios”, “NRS Studios”, “Neressa Studios”, “BearTracks Studios”, “Bearsville Studios”, “Woodstock Studios”, and was produced by John Simon, Aaron L. Hurwitz, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel and Randy Ciarlante.

Personnel:

  • Rick Danko – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, fiddle, trombone, keyboards
  • Garth Hudson – organ, keyboards, accordion, electric piano, saxophones, synthesizers, horns
  • Richard Manuel – vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Levon Helm – vocals, drums, percussion, mandolin, guitar
  • Randy Ciarlante – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Rick Bell – keyboards, organ, piano, accordion, backing vocals
  • Jim Weider – guitars, backing vocals
  • Tommy Spurlock – steel guitar 
  • Artie Traum – acoustic guitar 
  • Eric Bazilian – mandolin
  • Stan Szelest – electric piano
  • John Simon – electric piano, horns, saxophones
  • Champion Jack Dupree – piano
  • Rob Hyman – keyboards
  • Rob Leon – bass guitar
  • Steve Jordan – drums
  • Bobby Strickland – tenor and baritone saxophones
  • Dave Douglas – trumpet 
  • Vassar Clements – fiddle
  • Jules Shear – backing vocals
  • Colin Linden – backing vocals
  • Aaron “Professor Louie” Hurwitz – engineer
  • Chris Andersen – engineer
  • Steve Churchyard – engineer
  • John Roper – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Remedy – Colin Linden, Jim Weider
  2. Blind Willie McTell – Bob Dylan
  3. The Caves of Jericho – Richard Bell, Levon Helm, John Simon
  4. Atlantic City – Bruce Springsteen
  5. Too Soon Gone – Jules Shear, Stan Szelest
  6. Country Boy – Marshall Barer, Fred Brooks
  7. Move to Japan – Joe Flood, Levon Helm, John Simon, Stan Szelset, Jim Weider
  8. Amazon (River of Dreams) – Artie Traum
  9. Stuff You Gotta Watch – Muddy Waters
  10. Same Thing – Willie Dixon
  11. Shine a Light – Marty Grebb, Daniel Moore
  12. Blues Stay Away from Me – Alton & Rabon Delmore, Henry Glover, Wayne Raney

Jimmy “Duck” Holmes: Cypress Grove

On October 18, 2019, “Easy Eye Sound” label released “Cypress Grove”, the ninth Jimmy “Duck” Holmes album.  It was recorded in 2019, at “Easy Eye Sound Studios” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Dan Auerbach.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy “Duck” Holmes – vocals, guitar
  • Dan Auerbach – guitar, mixing
  • Marcus King – guitar
  • Eric Deaton – bass
  • Sam Bacco – drums, percussion
  • Leon Michels – saxophone
  • M. Allen Parker – recording, engineer
  • Alex Skelton, Caleb VanBuskirk – engineer assistant
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • Perry Shall – design, layout
  • Alysse Gafkjen – photography

Track listing:

  1. Hard Times – Nehemiah Curtis James
  2. Cypress Grove – Nehemiah Curtis James
  3. Catfish Blues – Robert Petway
  4. Goin’ Away Baby – James A. Lane
  5. Rock Me – McKinley Morganfield
  6. Little Red Rooster – Willie Dixon
  7. Devil Git My Woman – Nehemiah Curtis James
  8. All Night Long – Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
  9. Gonna Get Old Someday – Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
  10. Train Train – Jesse Mae Brooks
  11. Two Woman – Jimmy “Duck” Holmes

Sam Cooke: Night Beat

In August 1963, “RCA Victor” label released “Night Beat”, the tenth Sam Cooke studio album. It was recorded in February 1963, at “RCA Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Hugo & Luigi.

Personnel:

  • Sam Cooke – vocals, arrangements
  • René Hall – guitar, conducting
  • Clifton White, Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Ray Johnson – piano
  • Billy Preston – organ
  • Cliff Hils – bass guitar
  • Sharky Hall – drums, tambourin
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Dave Hassinger – recording

Track listing:

  1. Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – traditional
  2. Lost and Lookin’ – James W. Alexander, Lowell Jordan
  3. Mean Old World – Sam Cooke
  4. Please Don’t Drive Me Away – Charles Brown, Jesse Ervin
  5. I Lost Everything – Ella Tate
  6. Get Yourself Another Fool – Ernest Monroe Tucker, Frank A. Haywood
  7. Little Red Rooster – Willie Dixon
  8. Laughin’ and Clownin’ – Sam Cooke
  9. Trouble Blues – Charles Brown
  10. You Gotta Move – traditional
  11. Fool’s Paradise – Johnny Fuller, Robert Geddins, David Avid
  12. Shake, Rattle and Roll – Charles Calhoun

Chuck Berry: Chuck Berry On Stage

In August 1963, “Chess” label released “Chuck Berry on Stage”, the first Chuck Berry live album. It was produced by Leonard Chess and Philip Chess.

Personnel:

  • Chuck Berry – vocals, guitar
  • Johnnie Johnson – piano
  • Lafayette Leake – piano
  • Otis Spann – piano
  • Reggie Boyd – bass
  • Willie Dixon – bass
  • George Smith – bass
  • Phil Thomas – drums
  • Fred Below – drums
  • Ebbie Hardy – drums
  • Leroy C. Davis – tenor saxophone
  • Jerome Green – maracas
  • Martha Berry – backing vocals
  • The Moonglows – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Chuck Berry, except where noted.

  1. Maybellene – Chuck Berry, Alan Freed, Russ Fratto
  2. Memphis, Tennessee
  3. Surfin’ Steel
  4. Rockin’ on the Railroad (Let It Rock) – Edward Anderson, pseudonym of Chuck Edward Anderson Berry
  5. Go, Go, Go
  6. Brown Eyed Handsome Man – alternate take
  7. Still Got the Blues
  8. Surfin USA (Sweet Little Sixteen)
  9. Jaguar and Thunderbird
  10. I Just Want to Make Love to You – Willie Dixon
  11. All Aboard
  12. Trick or Treat
  13. The Man and the Donkey

Buddy Guy: Born To Play Guitar

On July 31, 2015, “RCA” label released “Born to Play Guitar”, the 17th Buddy Guy studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Tom Hambridge. In 2016, the album won the “Grammy Award” for “Best Blues Album”.

Personnel:

  • Buddy Guy – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Billy Gibbons – vocals, guitar
  • Joss Stone – vocals
  • Van Morrison – vocals
  • Doyle Bramhall II – 12 string acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Rob McNelley – electric guitar, resonator guitar, slide guitar
  • Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
  • Bob Britt – electric guitar, resonator guitar
  • Reese Wynans – clavinet, Hammond B3, grand piano, upright piano, Wurlitzer
  • Kevin McKendree – African piano, Hammond B3, piano
  • Rob McKendree – clavinet
  • Kim Wilson – harmonica
  • Billy Cox – electric bass
  • Glenn Worf – electric bass, upright bass
  • Michael Rhodes – acoustic bass, electric bass
  • Tommy Macdonald – electric bass
  • Tom Hambridge – drums, percussion, tambourine, triangle, wind chimes, backing vocals, mixing
  • Chris Carmichael – strings, string arrangements
  • The McCrary Sisters – backing vocals
  • Ducky Carlisle – engineer, mixing
  • Michael Saint-Leon – engineer
  • Jonathan Joseph – engineer
  • Nathan James – engineer
  • Roger Seibel – mastering
  • Seth Morton – engineer assistant
  • Erwin Gorostiza – creative director
  • Tommy Macdonald – production assistant
  • Gilbert Garza – guitar technician
  • Josh Cheuse – art direction, design, photography
  • Bradley Cook – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Born to Play Guitar – Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge
  2. Wear You Out – Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson
  3. Back Up Mama – Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge
  4. Too Late – Charles Brown, Willie Dixon, John Phillips
  5. Whiskey, Beer & Wine – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge
  6. Kiss Me Quick – Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge
  7. Crying Out of One Eye – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge
  8. (Baby) You Got What It Takes – Brook Benton, Clyde Otis, Murray Stein
  9. Turn Me Wild – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge
  10. Crazy World – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson
  11. Smarter Than I Was – Tom Hambridge
  12. Thick Like Mississippi Mud – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge
  13. Flesh & Bone (Dedicated to B.B. King) – Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson
  14. Come Back Muddy – Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge

The Blues Project: Live at the Cafe Au Go Go

In March 1966, “Verve / Folkways” labels, released “Live at the Cafe Au Go Go”, the debut Blues Project (The) album. It was recorded in November 1965, at the “Cafe Au Go Go” in New York City, during the Blues Bag four-day concert, and January 1966, at the same venue, and was produced by Jerry Schoenbaum.

Personnel:

  • Tommy Flanders – vocals
  • Danny Kalb – vocals, lead guitar
  • Steve Katz – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Al Kooper – vocals, organ
  • Andy Kulberg – bass
  • Roy Blumenfeld – drums
  • Val Valentin – engineer
  • Charles Stewart – cover photo
  • Jerry Schoenbaum – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Goin’ Down Louisiana – Muddy Waters
  2. You Go, I’ll Go with You – Willie Dixon
  3. Catch the Wind – Donovan
  4. I Want to Be Your Driver – Chuck Berry
  5. Alberta – traditional
  6. The Way My Baby Walks – Andy Kulberg
  7. Violets of Dawn – Eric Andersen
  8. Back Door Man – Willie Dixon
  9. Jelly Jelly Blues – Billy Eckstine, Earl Hines
  10. Spoonful – Willie Dixon
  11. Who Do You Love? – Ellas McDaniel

Humble Pie: Performance Rockin’ The Filmore

In November 1971, “A&M” label released “Performance Rockin’ the Fillmore”, the fifth Humble Pie album. It was recorded in May 1971, at the “Fillmore East” in New York City, and was produced by Steve Marriott, Peter Frampton, Greg Ridley and Jerry Shirley.

Personnel:

  • Steve Marriott – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Peter Frampton – vocals, guitar
  • Greg Ridley – vocals, bass guitar
  • Jerry Shirley – drums
  • Fedco Audio Labs – live recording
  • Eddie Kramer – engineer
  • David Palmer – engineer assistant
  • John Jansen, Andy Edlen, Buzzy and Tom – assistant

Track listing:

  1. Four Day Creep – Ida Cox
  2. I’m Ready – lyrics by Willie Dixon, music by Peter Frampton, Steve Marriott, Greg Ridley, Jerry Shirley
  3. Sonic Cold Fever – Peter Frampton, Steve Marriott, Greg Ridley, Jerry Shirley
  4. I Walk on Gilded Splinters – Dr John Creaux
  5. Rollin’ Stone – Muddy Waters, arranged by Peter Frampton, Steve Marriott, Greg Ridley, Jerry Shirley
  6. Hallelujah I Love Her So – Ray Charles
  7. I Don’t Need No Doctor – Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Jo Armstead

Muddy Waters: At Newport 1960

On November 15, 1960, “Chess” label released “At Newport 1960”, album by Muddy Waters. It was recorded in July 1960, at “Newport Jazz Festival”, in Newport, Rhode Island, and was produced by Leonard Chess. “Rolling Stone” magazine included it at number 348 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”.

Personnel:

  • Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) – vocals, guitar
  • Otis Spann – vocals, piano
  • Pat Hare – guitar
  • James Cotton – harmonica
  • Andrew Stephens – bass
  • Francis Clay – drums
  • Jack Tracy – liner notes
  • Burt Goldblatt – photography
  • Mary Katherine Aldin – liner notes
  • Bob Schnieders – liner notes, coordination, research
  • Geary Chansley – photo research

Track listing:

All tracks by McKinsley Morganfield, executive producer.

  • I Got My Brand on You – McKinley Morganfield
  • I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
  • Baby, Please Don’t Go
  • Soon Forgotten – James Oden
  • Tiger in Your Tank – Willie Dixon
  • I Feel So Good – Big Bill Broonzy
  • Got My Mojo Working
  • Got My Mojo Working, Part 2
  • Goodbye Newport Blues – Langston Hughes, McKinley Morganfield