ALLIGATOR BLUES
VA - Alligator's Crucial Blues Series [2003-2007] (9 x CD's)
A well-composed collection, which aims to show all the achievements of the gramophone company published by him, in our time weighs a lot - and tries to move into an understandable music lover with experience a state called a cult collection. And such a sensible blues collection weighs even more. Fortunately, the management of Alligator Records in the person of President Bruce Eiglauer and Vice President Bob DePuh - not just professionals, but also music fans, not at all lost passion for the subject of their business.
And if so, on such "bragging" collections they selected only the most dynamic and winning-sounding material, which is once again proof - "Last Dirty Deal" By Coco Motoya and "Hound Dog Man" By Lonnie Mack and Stevie Ray Vaughan with "... Crucial Rockin' Blues." No unrealized or boring compositions - the task of such CDs and is to captivate the buyer who is not yet particularly interested in the products of the company and, you see, turn it into a fan of their own artists - and there, of course, and in buyer of their albums. It is now very easy to fall under the spell of Alligator artists - with the release of the collections presented here, the total number of these artifacts of the series "Crucial Blues" has increased to nine. And even if you are not a fan of modern blues in all its possible forms and substyles - such albums are indispensable in the CD-collection of any self-described cultural person. (www.alligator.com)
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Track lists
CD1 Crucial Chicago Blues
01. Low Down And Dirty - Luther Allison
02. Ernestine - Koko Taylor
03. Somebody Changed The Lock - Junior Wells
04. Take Five - Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers
05. Cotton Picking Blues - Son Seals
06. Let Me Stir In Your Pot - Carey Bell
07. Mama, Talk To Your Daughter - Magic Slim & The Teardrops
08. Cold Lonely Nights - Lonnie Brooks
09. Take It Easy, Baby - Pinetop Perkins
10. My Mind Is Gone - Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials
11. 23 Hours Too Long - James Cotton
12. I Hear Some Blues Downstairs - Fenton Robinson
CD2 Crucial Harmonica Blues
01. Make My Getaway - Charlie Musselwhite
02. Have Mercy - Big Walter Horton
03. Shake The Boogie - Billy Boy Arnold
04. Sonny's Whoopin' The Doop - Sonny Terry
05. Broke And Hungry - Junior Wells
06. Thank You Baby - Delbert McClinton
07. Burn Your Bridges - Cephas & Wiggins
08. Coastin' Hank - Little Charlie & The Nightcats
09. Superharp - James Cotton
10. Lonesome Stranger - Carey Bell
11. One More Mile To Go - Sugar Blue
12. Blowin' Like Hell - William Clarke
CD3 Crucial Guitar Blues
01. All The King's Horses - Luther Allison
02. Heartless - Michael Burks
03. Same Old Thing - Coco Montoya
04. Lights Are On But Nobody's Home - Albert Collins
05. Percolatin' - Little Charlie & The Nightcats
06. To The Devil For A Dime - Tinsley Ellis
07. Country Boogie - Roy Buchanan
08. I Can't Hear Nothing But The Blues - Son Seals
09. Phone Line - Dave Hole
10. Double Whammy - Lonnie Mack
11. I Smell Trouble - Johnny Winter
12. Pressure Cooker - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
04 Crucial Texas Blues
01. She Walks Right In - Clarence Gatemouth Brown
02. Lion's Den - Albert Collins
03. Both Ends Of The Road - Long John Hunter
04. Midnight Hour Blues - W.C. Clark
05. Those Lonely, Lonely Nights - Katie Webster
06. Street Walkin' Woman - Phillip Walker
07. Tin Pan Alley - Johnny Winter
08. 450 Pound Woman - Floyd Dixon
09. Richest Man - C.J. Chenier
10. Standing On Shaky Ground - Delbert McClinton
11. I'm Coming Down With The Blues - Marcia Ball
12. Too Many Dirty Dishes - Albert Collins
05 Crucial Slide Guitar Blues
01. It's My Life, Baby - Johnny Winter
02. Never Miss Your Water - Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials
03. She's Fine - Bonnie Raitt
04. Give Me Back My Wig - Luther Allison
05. I'm Gone - Elvin Bishop
06. The Same Thing - Steady Rollin' Bob Margoli
07. Taylor's Rock - Sonny Landreth
08. When The Church Burned Down - The Kinsey Report
09. She's Gone - Michael Hill's Blues Mob
10. Jack O'Diamonds - Corey Harris
11. The Sun Is Shining - Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers
12. Out Of Here - Dave Hole
06 Crucial Live Blues
01. Riding the Blinds - Lonnie Mack
02. Tired Man - Albert Collins
03. Cherry Red Wine - Luther Allison
04. Going Back to Iuka - Koko Taylor
05. My Dog - Elvin Bishop
06. Eyes Like a Cat - Little Charlie & the Nightcats
07. Dump That Chump - Saffire -- Uppity Blues Women
08. Born With the Blues - Lonnie Brooks
09. Born in Chicago - James Cotton
10. Call My Job - Son Seals
11. Gonig Back to Louisiana - Delbert McClinton
12. Short Fuse Blues - Dave Hole
13. Dust My Broom - Hound Dog Taylor
07 Crucial Acoustic Blues
01. High Heel Sneakers - Junior Wells
02. Oreo Cookie Blues - Stevie Ray Vaughan
03. Stop Running 'Round - Carey Bell
04. Down in the Alley - Bob Margolin
05. Sloppy Drunk - Saffire The Uppity Blues Women
06. The Man Next Door – Koko Taylor
07. Railroad Bill - John Jackson
08. Evil on My Mind - Johnny Winter
09. Trouble in Mind - Cephas & Wiggins
10. So Tough with Me - Sonny Terry
11. Baby Bee - Kenny Neal
12. God Don't Ever Change - Corey Harris
13. The Dirty Dozens - Johnny Jones
08 Crucial Rockin Blues
01. Last Dirty Deal - Coco Montoya
02. Route 90 - Johnny Winter
03. Golden Rule - Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials
04. Hound Dog Man - Lonnie Mack
05. Phone Line - Dave Hole
06. I'm Gonna Leave You - Guitar Shorty
07. The Next Miss Wrong (Live) - Tinsley Ellis
08. Run Myself Out Of Town - Holmes Brothers
09. It's 2 A.M. - Shemekia Copeland
10. Rockin' Harder - Lee Rocker
11. 25 Miles - Roy Buchanan
12. Follow Your Heart - Paladins
CD 9 More Crucial Guitar Blues
1. Will It Ever Change? - Luther Allison
2. One More Chance - Michael Burks
3. The Love You Lost On The Way - Roomful Of Blues
4. Get To Gettin' - Albert Collins
5. No, No Baby - Son Seals
6. You Got Your Hooks In Me - Little Charlie & The Nightcats
7. Don't Cloud Up On Me - Lucky Peterson
8. You Know What My Body Needs (Live) - Lonnie Brooks
9. Stop What You're Doing - Long John Hunter
10. Lightning's Gonna Strike - Kenny Neal
11. Shady Lane - Elvin Bishop
12. Okie Dokie Stomp - W.C. Clark
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Hi,
ReplyDeletewhat a wonderful blues collection! Some of the artist are well-known but there are a lot of surprises too!
Thanks again
Hi Il Commendatore,
DeleteAgreed. A wonderful Blues collection. I find this a fun listen.
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Thank you so much, Butterboy. Truly appreciated.
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Thanks! An old post, but it's always great to have all these Alligator artists in compilations
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