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Review by Cub Koda

Although slide guitar compilations at times seem to proliferate like kudzu, this particular collection has much to recommend adding it to the collection. For openers, there's the inclusion of three previously unreleased live performances from Robert Nighthawk. Playing in a 1964 Chicago concert accompanied by Johnny Young on guitar and mandolin, and Little Walter on acoustic harmonica (a rarity), Nighthawk turns in stellar readings of Jimmy Rogers' "That's All Right" (a number he apparently never recorded anywhere else), Little Walter's "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (set to a "Dust My Broom" arrangement), and his standard "Anna Lee," all in highly relaxed versions that add much to his meager discography. Other highlights include a track of Eddie Taylor making a rare appearance on slide with Nighthawk's "Jackson Town," four tracks by Big Joe Williams, two from Fred McDowell, a Johnny Littlejohn instrumental with Jimmy Rogers on rhythm guitar ("Slidin'"), and Homesick James guesting behind vocalist George Coleman on "Mad and Evil." Selections from David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Arthur Weston, Blind Connie Williams, John Henry Barbee, Elijah Brown and Johnny Shines complete this excellent collection.

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Reseña de Cub Koda

Aunque las compilaciones de guitarras de diapositivas a veces parecen proliferar como kudzu, esta colección en particular tiene mucho que recomendar para añadirla a la colección. Para empezar, hay la inclusión de tres actuaciones en vivo inéditas de Robert Nighthawk. Tocando en un concierto en Chicago en 1964 acompañado por Johnny Young en guitarra y mandolina, y Little Walter en armónica acústica (una rareza), Nighthawk hace lecturas estelares de "That's All Right" de Jimmy Rogers (un número que aparentemente nunca grabó en ningún otro lugar), "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" de Little Walter (con un arreglo de "Dust My Broom"), y su estándar "Anna Lee", todo en versiones muy relajadas que añaden mucho a su magra discografía. Otros puntos destacados incluyen un tema de Eddie Taylor haciendo una rara aparición en slide con "Jackson Town" de Nighthawk, cuatro temas de Big Joe Williams, dos de Fred McDowell, un instrumental de Johnny Littlejohn con Jimmy Rogers en la guitarra rítmica ("Slidin'"), y Homesick James haciendo de invitado detrás del vocalista George Coleman en "Mad and Evil". Selecciones de David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Arthur Weston, Blind Connie Williams, John Henry Barbee, Elijah Brown y Johnny Shines completan esta excelente colección.

Label: Testament Records ‎– TCD 6009
Released: 1998
Genre: Blues
Style: Country Blues, Electric Blues

 

 

 

 

 

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