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| Various Artists |
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| 45 tracks from Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Eddie Burns, Howlin' Wolf, Little Milton, Lonnie Brooks, others. |
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| 1 Anna Lee - Nighthhawk, Robert |
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| 2 That's All Right - Rogers, Jimmy |
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| 3 So Glad I Found You - Shines, Johnny |
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| 4 When I Am Gone (Treat Me Mean and Evil) - Louis, Joe Hill |
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| 5 Walkin' the Boogie [Alternate Take] - Hooker, John Lee |
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| 6 Date Bait - Smitty, Blue |
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| 7 Tired of Crying over You - Pejoe, Morris |
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| 8 Sad, Sad Day - Waters, Muddy |
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| 9 It Was a Dream - Brim, John |
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| 10 Forty Cups of Coffee - Overbea, Danny |
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| 11 Just a Fool - Boyd, Eddie |
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| 12 Loving Man - Waters, Muddy |
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| 13 I've Got a Woman - Howlin' Wolf |
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| 14 Reconsider Baby - Fulson, Lowell |
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| 15 Give Me One More Shot - Lenoir, J.B. |
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| 16 Rollin' Blues - Fulson, Lowell |
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| 17 Who Do You Love? - Diddley, Bo |
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| 18 Guitar Rumba - Hooker, Earl |
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| 19 What Kind of Gal Is That? - Williams, Jody |
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| 20 Frog Hop - Hooker, Earl |
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| 21 Lucky Lou - Williams, Jody |
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| 22 Old Memories - Thomas, Lafayette |
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| 23 Guitar Boogie - Berry, Chuck |
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| 24 Walkin' Thru the Park - Waters, Muddy |
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| 25 Treat Me Like I Treat You [#] - Burns, Eddie "Guitar" |
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Album Review
This 45-song, two-disc collection is subtitled "two decades of killer fretwork," and never was a set so aptly described. Chess Records was the home to seemingly every hot guitar player in the Chicago area, and many of them make their appearance here. Besides the usual label guitar hotshots (Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, Lowell Fulson, Earl Hooker, Otis Rush, Robert Nighthawk, Little Milton), space is given to sideman work from legends like Hubert Sumlin and Robert Jr. Lockwood and great one-offs by lesser-known artists like Jody Williams, Danny Overbea, Eddie Burns, Joe Hill Louis, Morris Pejoe, Lafayette Thomas and others. It seems as if everyone recorded for Chess at one time or another, also explaining the inclusion of tracks by John Lee Hooker, Albert King, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Lonnie Brooks, Hound Dog Taylor and Elmore James. If electric blues guitar's your thing, then look no further than this fine two-disc compilation. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide
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