This is a vintage "must have" blues album of two of the greats, and well worth adding to anyone's collection. I only wish that the technology we have today was available when these sessions were recorded as the quality is not great. Still, it's listenable and somehow the muddiness of the recording adds to the flavor....
For any Paul Butterfield Blues fan this album is a must have, NO option! It really highlights Paul's work by concentrating primarily on his harp and vocals, without any distractions. Its a solo performance with a guitar accompanist by Shakey. This is great pre-East West album blues. Pure Paul Butterfield at his best. I'm glad I found it and I recommend it to all pure blues listeners.
First issued in 1972, this album had Big Walter Horton on one side and the nascent Paul Butterfield Blues Band, circa 1963, on the other. There's no Bloomfield or Bishop on the Butterfild tracks (Smokey Smothers is the guitarist), but there is some good harp by the leader. Recorded at Big Johns in Chicago. The sound is OK. Probably for dedicated fans only.
Wow, a real smoker.....sweet mother of pearl....if you like blues harmonica, you're gonna love this tune......get it now...
Robert Charles Guidry was leaving a diner in his native Louisiana when he heard the words that would forever make him Bobby Charles. "See you later, alligator," the 17-year-old jive-talked to a friend, only to hear, like a gospel call-and-response, "In a while, crocodile" from a neighboring patron. He had been playing teen soirees with a combo called the Cardinals (no relation to the r&b vocal group of the same name) in the small town of… more »
