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Buy Now	Southside Blues Jam (more) »rank: 103271 by: Junior Wells	Buy Now	So Many Roads: Live in Concert (more) »rank: 122899 by: Otis Rush
Buy Now	Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan (more) »rank: 14843 by: B.B. King : :Albums consisting entirely of one artist paying tribute to another are commonplace, especially in the blues world where a particular artist's musical heritage is easy to trace. It's rare, though, for an artist of B.B. King's caliber to do such a tribute, and we're all lucky that the artist he chose to honor is Louis Jordan--the King of the Blues saluting the King of Swing. King's clean, expressive guitar style and rough-hewn voice are so distinctive that there's no mistaking them for anyone else's, and hearing them applied to Jordan's classic songs--including 'Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens,' 'Somebody Done Changed ...	Buy Now	Crucial Acoustic Blues (more) »rank: 56273 by: Various Artists : :Albums consisting entirely of one artist paying tribute to another are commonplace, especially in the blues world where a particular artist's musical heritage is easy to trace. It's rare, though, for an artist of B.B. King's caliber to do such a tribute, and we're all lucky that the artist he chose to honor is Louis Jordan--the King of the Blues saluting the King of Swing. King's clean, expressive guitar style and rough-hewn voice are so distinctive that there's no mistaking them for anyone else's, and hearing them applied to Jordan's classic songs--including 'Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens,' 'Somebody Done Changed ...
Buy Now	Cold Snap (more) »rank: 23854 by: Albert Collins : :No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: COLLINS,ALBERTTitle: COLD SNAPStreet Release Date: 07/07/1987DomesticGenre: BLUES	Buy Now	Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection (more) »rank: 15505 by: Various Artists :Album Description:86-track boxed set contains the cream of the Vee-Jay label's run, from 1953 to 1966, including hits by Jimmy Reed,Jerry Butler & The Impressions, John Lee Hooker, The Four Seasons,Little Richard, The Staple Singers, The Dells, Betty Everett, The Swan Silvertones, Dee Clark, The El Dorados, Gene Chandler, The Spaniels, and many others, as well as amazing obscurities by less-well-known artists. Vee-Jay Records was the first nationally successful African-American owned record company. At one point it was bigger than even such powerhouses as Motown Records and Chess Records. Though Vee-Jay is now best known as the first American label to ...
Buy Now	Thursday Night in San Francisco: Recorded Live at the Fillmore Auditorium (more) »rank: 27933 by: Albert King :Album Description:Import exclusive 24-bit digitally remastered reissue of 1990 album packaged in a digipak. Includes multimedia track featuring video, biography and pictures. Stax.	Buy Now	Simply the Best (more) »rank: 120273 by: Earl Hooker : :There's only one complaint to be voiced about this best-of collection, which includes a great deal of material never previously available on CD: the lack of remastering. The scratches and static mar an otherwise crisp and energetic rendition of 'Sweet Home Chicago,' and may interfere with one's enjoyment of the clean, expressive guitar on 'Drivin' Wheel.' What can't be denied, however, is the compelling combination of Earl Hooker's virtuosity with an expressiveness that made his guitar solos far more than mere noodling. Just listen to his guitar work on the opening track, Muddy Waters's take on the classic 'You Shook Me'--Hooker's ...
Buy Now	Live at the Apollo (more) »rank: 28306 by: B.B. King : :It's not that there's anything wrong with this 1990 recording: King's expressive guitar work and vibrant vocals rarely disappoint in a live setting, and this release here he has a top-notch big band behind him. In addition to U2's 'When Love Comes to Town,' King rolls through nine staples, including 'Sweet Sixteen,' 'Thrill is Gone,' and 'Paying the Cost to Be the Boss.' On the other hand, King has produced a number of absolutely riveting live albums, including Live at the Regal, Blues Is King, and Live in Cook County Jail. They remain high points of blues history, relegating this solid ...	Buy Now	Any Place I'm Going (more) »rank: 91312 by: Otis Rush : :It's not that there's anything wrong with this 1990 recording: King's expressive guitar work and vibrant vocals rarely disappoint in a live setting, and this release here he has a top-notch big band behind him. In addition to U2's 'When Love Comes to Town,' King rolls through nine staples, including 'Sweet Sixteen,' 'Thrill is Gone,' and 'Paying the Cost to Be the Boss.' On the other hand, King has produced a number of absolutely riveting live albums, including Live at the Regal, Blues Is King, and Live in Cook County Jail. They remain high points of blues history, relegating this solid ...