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One String Blues
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Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock
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Bricks in My Pillow
: :Something of a missing link between Delta and Chicago blues, Robert Nighthawk never garnered as much attention as his followers, who included Earl Hooker and Muddy Waters. That's a shame, partly rectified by this reissue from Delmark Records, though the guitarist's rambling way of life meant that his sessions were few and far between. That makes the material on this collection all the more precious; the tracks on Bricks in My Pillow include some of the best slide guitar ever recorded. Listen to Nighthawk's guitar wailing on 'Crying Won't Help You' ...
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The Chess Box
: :Best known for his work as a songwriter, producer, and talent scout, singer-bassist Willie Dixon essentially built Chicago's Cobra and Chess labels with his sweat. Although this double-disc set does include five performances by the man from Vicksburg, Mississippi, himself, it's really a testament to his songwriting prowess, packed with recordings that made his tunes classics of blues and early rock & roll. There's Howlin' Wolf tearing through 'Spoonful,' 'Little Red Rooster,' 'Evil,' and 'Back Door Man.' There's Muddy Waters belting 'You Shook Me,' 'Hoochie Coochie Man,' and 'I'm Ready.' There's ...
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Bad to the Bone
: :The Destroyers have been called a glorified bar band, yet they deserve credit for introducing '80s mainstreamers to early rockers such as Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. They also reintroduced classic blues forms to rock radio, only in a little more electrified form. Hell, they even electrified Hank Williams's 'Move It On Over.' The aforementioned artists are all represented on this compilation, which in many ways also displays how much Thorogood's songs owe to the originals. The Thorogood-penned title cut, for instance, owes an unmistakable debt to Bo Diddley (who appeared ...
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When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 7: Rock Me Mamma
: :The Destroyers have been called a glorified bar band, yet they deserve credit for introducing '80s mainstreamers to early rockers such as Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. They also reintroduced classic blues forms to rock radio, only in a little more electrified form. Hell, they even electrified Hank Williams's 'Move It On Over.' The aforementioned artists are all represented on this compilation, which in many ways also displays how much Thorogood's songs owe to the originals. The Thorogood-penned title cut, for instance, owes an unmistakable debt to Bo Diddley (who appeared ...
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Broke, Black and Blue
:Album Description:Budget-priced four disc box focusing on the formative period of the blues at the start of the 20th century. Features plenty of previously unreleased material and includes tracks by Blind Blake, Barbecue Bob, Mississippi John Hurt, Frank Stokes, Tommy Johnson, Victoria Spivey, Son House, Kokomo Arnold, Cripple Clarence Lofton and others. Contains a total of 100 tracks. Comes housed in a sturdy, full color CD-sized slipcase box with each disc in a separate standard jewel case. 1999 release. :A budget-priced box set, Broke, Black & Blue delivers multiple surprises within ...
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Two Bugs & A Roach
:Album Description:Budget-priced four disc box focusing on the formative period of the blues at the start of the 20th century. Features plenty of previously unreleased material and includes tracks by Blind Blake, Barbecue Bob, Mississippi John Hurt, Frank Stokes, Tommy Johnson, Victoria Spivey, Son House, Kokomo Arnold, Cripple Clarence Lofton and others. Contains a total of 100 tracks. Comes housed in a sturdy, full color CD-sized slipcase box with each disc in a separate standard jewel case. 1999 release. :A budget-priced box set, Broke, Black & Blue delivers multiple surprises within ...
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Can't Get No Grindin'
:Album Description:Budget-priced four disc box focusing on the formative period of the blues at the start of the 20th century. Features plenty of previously unreleased material and includes tracks by Blind Blake, Barbecue Bob, Mississippi John Hurt, Frank Stokes, Tommy Johnson, Victoria Spivey, Son House, Kokomo Arnold, Cripple Clarence Lofton and others. Contains a total of 100 tracks. Comes housed in a sturdy, full color CD-sized slipcase box with each disc in a separate standard jewel case. 1999 release. :A budget-priced box set, Broke, Black & Blue delivers multiple surprises within ...
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Fixin' to Die
:Album Description:Budget-priced four disc box focusing on the formative period of the blues at the start of the 20th century. Features plenty of previously unreleased material and includes tracks by Blind Blake, Barbecue Bob, Mississippi John Hurt, Frank Stokes, Tommy Johnson, Victoria Spivey, Son House, Kokomo Arnold, Cripple Clarence Lofton and others. Contains a total of 100 tracks. Comes housed in a sturdy, full color CD-sized slipcase box with each disc in a separate standard jewel case. 1999 release. :A budget-priced box set, Broke, Black & Blue delivers multiple surprises within ...
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