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
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:
She’s a Little Bit of Everything – Bryan Bassett, Roger Earl, Scott Holt, Rodney O’Quinn, Kim Simmonds
I Don’t Appreciate You – Bryan Bassett, Roger Earl, Scott Holt, Rodney O’Quinn
Mean Woman Blues – Claude DeMetrius
Drivin’ On – Bryan Bassett, Roger Earl, Scott Holt, Rodney O’Quinn, Kim Simmonds
Let Me Love You Baby – Willie Dixon
How Many More Years – Chester Burnett
Song for the Life – Rodney J. Crowell
Wish I’d Been There – Bryan Bassett, Roger Earl, Scott Holt, Rodney O’Quinn
Time Slips Away – Brayn Bassett, Roger Earl, Scott Holt, Rodney O’Quinn, Kim Simmonds
Black Days and Blue Nights – Bryan Bassett, Roger Earl, Scott Holt, Rodney O’Quinn
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
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
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:
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – traditional
Lost and Lookin’ – James W. Alexander, Lowell Jordan
Mean Old World – Sam Cooke
Please Don’t Drive Me Away – Charles Brown, Jesse Ervin
I Lost Everything – Ella Tate
Get Yourself Another Fool – Ernest Monroe Tucker, Frank A. Haywood
Little Red Rooster – Willie Dixon
Laughin’ and Clownin’ – Sam Cooke
Trouble Blues – Charles Brown
You Gotta Move – traditional
Fool’s Paradise – Johnny Fuller, Robert Geddins, David Avid
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
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.
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:
Four Day Creep – Ida Cox
I’m Ready – lyrics by Willie Dixon, music by Peter Frampton, Steve Marriott, Greg Ridley, Jerry Shirley
Sonic Cold Fever – Peter Frampton, Steve Marriott, Greg Ridley, Jerry Shirley
I Walk on Gilded Splinters – Dr John Creaux
Rollin’ Stone – Muddy Waters, arranged by Peter Frampton, Steve Marriott, Greg Ridley, Jerry Shirley
Hallelujah I Love Her So – Ray Charles
I Don’t Need No Doctor – Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Jo Armstead
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”.