Chicago Country Legends [Live]

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From 1959 to 1989, the Sundowners--bassist/steel guitarist Curt Delaney, singer Bob Boyd, and lead guitar man Don Walls--were the Windy City's ultimate country bar band. Close harmonies, ebullient, robust rhythm, and Walls's tantalizing, fleet-fingered lead guitar work made them durable stylists. Their admirers weren't just local fans; it included visiting sports, music, and film luminaries. It's easy to understand that appeal. The trio amassed a rich and genre-blind repertoire encompassing thousands of numbers. Western ("Cimarron"), pop ("I Remember You"), folk ("Tom Dooley"), and hard country ("Shenandoah Waltz") easily coexisted with lounge (Bobby Darin's versions of "Clementine" and "Things"). Even George Harrison's "Something" fit their sound as if they'd written it, as did Robbie Fulks's "Cigarette State." The bulk of this material, from 1960-1971 live recordings complete with clanking glasses and applause, powerfully documents their greatest years. There's a fascinating story to go along with the music, even if Sundowners authority and annotator Dave Hoekstra gets only enough room here for a light version of it. --Rich Kienzle

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Legends of the Blues, Vol. 2 Various Artists Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Delta Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Classic Female Vocal Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music New Orleans Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music East Coast Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Piano | Blues | Styles | Music 1920-1929 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1940-1949 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1930-1939 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Legends of the Blues, Vol. 1 ASIN: B0000027L7 Release Date: 1991-09-10

Tracks:

1. Henry Ford Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
2. Ninety-Eight Degree Blues - Texas Alexander
3. Trinity River Blues - Aaron 'T-Bone' Walker
4. She Shook Her Gin - Robert Hicks As Barbecue Bob
5. Turpentine Blues - Tampa Red 'The Guitar Wizard'
6. No No blues - Curly Weaver
7. Bo-Easy Blues - Lucille Bogan As Bessie Jackson
8. School-Boy Blues - Walter Roland
9. Cold Blooded Murder-No.2 - Amos Easton As Bumble Bee Slim
10. My Baby Won't Pay Me No Mind - Buddy Moss
11. Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins
12. Take It Easy Greasy - Lil Johnson
13. Two-Timin' Woman - Casey Bill
14. Down Hill Pull - Victoria Spivey
15. Down In The Slums - Curtis Jones
16. Separation Blues - Merline Johnson As The Yas Yas Girl With The Louisiana Kid
17. Soon This Morning No.2 - Charlie Spand
18. Is That A Monkey You Got? - Bill 'Jazz' Gillum As Bill McKinley
19. Hurry Down Sunshine - Champion Jack Dupree
20. Goodbye Now - Brownie McGhee

Average customer rating: Some interesting and uncommon tracks

Blues Legends Various Artists Manufacturer: Delta ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Delta Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Texas Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Blues General | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Blues General | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000001VYE Release Date: 1993-09-21

Tracks:

1. I Keep Loving Her - Little Walter
2. Take It Easy Baby - Robert Nighthawk
3. Memphis Slim U.S.A. - Memphis Slim
4. Drop Down Mama - Sleepy John Estes
5. Low Down Sunnyland Train - Sunnyland Slim
6. Rollin' And Tumblin' - Little Walter
7. Kansas City - Robert Nighthawk
8. Sassy Mae - Memphis Slim
9. Rats In My Kitchen - Sleepy John Estes
10. I'm Just A Lonesome Man - Sunnyland Slim

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Some interesting and uncommon tracks.......2002-03-10

Like most LaserLight releases, this one is a little light on the liner notes and leaves a couple of things out, but the quality of the recordings is quite good. The collection -- a good one if you want to introduce a friend to early Chicago blues -- ranges from a down-home, wide-open version of "Rollin' And Tumblin'" recorded by Little Walter, Muddy Waters and Baby Face LeRoy for Parkway in 1950, through a great track of Sleep John Estes doing "Drop Down Mama" in a 1962 comeback session. The only thing that doesn't fit all that well is the inclusion of some tracks by Memphis Slim -- they're almost TOO slick. They're worth listening to for their own sake, and for the appearance of a very young Matt "Guitar" Murphy -- he was 22 or 23 at the time. All in all, a solid disc and definitely worth passing on to anyone just getting started with Chicago blues.

Average customer rating: Real music played by real people...

Chicago Country Legends The Sundowners Manufacturer: Bloodshot Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Live at Massey Hall (CD/DVD) ASIN: B0000DZ3HU Release Date: 2003-11-18

Tracks:

1. Cimarron - Cimmaron
2. It's My Way
3. Around the World
4. Tears
5. What Where When
6. Sidewalks of Chicago
7. Little Green Valley
8. Shenandoah Waltz
9. Clementine
10. Something
11. I Remember You
12. Big Wide World
13. Here We Go Again
14. Things
15. Tom Dooley
16. Miller's Cave
17. Last Letter
18. Little Pedro
19. Empty Arms
20. Don't Tell Me Your Troubles
21. Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart
22. Just as Much as Ever - Johnny Davis, The Sundowners
23. Country Capers
24. Cigarette State

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From 1959 to 1989, the Sundowners--bassist/steel guitarist Curt Delaney, singer Bob Boyd, and lead guitar man Don Walls--were the Windy City's ultimate country bar band. Close harmonies, ebullient, robust rhythm, and Walls's tantalizing, fleet-fingered lead guitar work made them durable stylists. Their admirers weren't just local fans; it included visiting sports, music, and film luminaries. It's easy to understand that appeal. The trio amassed a rich and genre-blind repertoire encompassing thousands of numbers. Western ("Cimarron"), pop ("I Remember You"), folk ("Tom Dooley"), and hard country ("Shenandoah Waltz") easily coexisted with lounge (Bobby Darin's versions of "Clementine" and "Things"). Even George Harrison's "Something" fit their sound as if they'd written it, as did Robbie Fulks's "Cigarette State." The bulk of this material, from 1960-1971 live recordings complete with clanking glasses and applause, powerfully documents their greatest years. There's a fascinating story to go along with the music, even if Sundowners authority and annotator Dave Hoekstra gets only enough room here for a light version of it. --Rich Kienzle

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Real music played by real people..........2004-02-07

A uniquely alluring, informal set, documenting the work of these good-natured elder statesmen of Chicago's country music scene. The Sundowners, comprised of guitarists Bob Boyd and Don Walls, along with bassist Curt Delaney, were a hard-working ensemble that performed together almost continuously from 1959 to 1989, playing at dives and local taverns throughout the Windy City. They all originally hailed from the South, but after meeting up north, they plugged away for many a year and became legendary figures on Chicago's urban country circuit. This disc, drawn from three decades of live performances, is both a heartwarming momento of these long-off-the-radar hillbilly singers, and a really fun record in and of itself. The material is a mix of western cowboy tunes, old-fashioned heartsongs, countrified pop and rock standards and even a song written by Robbie Fulks, back in 1988. The Sundowners also recorded several albums on various local micro-labels (good luck finding them!), but the ambiance of their live shows has a special appeal. I thought this was a really charming record, more authentic and genuinely heartfelt than a truckload of Number One hits from modern-day Nashville. Recommended!

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Blues Legends Various Artists Manufacturer: Point Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008G34R Release Date: 1998-09-15

Tracks:

1. Warehoose Man Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
2. Got the Bottle Up and Go - Sonny Boy Williamson [II]
3. Born for Bad Luck - Brownie McGhee
4. Rebecca - Big Joe Turner
5. I'm Calling Daisy - Brownie McGhee
6. Sugar Mama Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
7. Stomp Down Rider - Blind Willie McTell
8. Mean Old Bad Bug Blues - Lonnie Johnson
9. Strange Place Blues - Bukka White
10. Mean Old' Frisco Blues - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
11. Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson
12. Come on in My Kitchen - Robert Johnson
13. My Black Name - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
14. She's Gone - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
15. Barbeque Blues

Tracks:

1. Easy Rider - Leadbelly
2. Black Train Blues - Bukka White
3. (I Believe I'll) Dust My Broom - Robert Johnson
4. Mean Mistreatin' Mama - Leroy Carr
5. Four Hands Are Better Than Two - Lonnie Johnson
6. Georgia Rag - Blind Willie McTell
7. My Brownskin Sugar Plum - Blind Boy Fuller
8. Walkin' Blues - Robert Johnson
9. Sun Risin' Blues - Big Joe Turner
10. Rock Island Line - Leadbelly
11. Rocks in My Bed - Joe Turner
12. Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
13. You Can't Get That Stuff No More - Tampa Red
14. Bull Cow Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
15. Gamblin' Man Blues - Champion Jack Dupree

Tracks:

1. Phongraph Blues - Robert Johnson
2. Broke Down Engine - Blind Willie McTell
3. Blue Bird Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
4. Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind - Blind Boy Fuller
5. Good Morning Blues - Leadbelly
6. Preaching Blues (Up Jumped the Devil) - Robert Johnson
7. Gonna Follow My Baby - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
8. Mr. Johnson's Swing - Lonnie Johnson
9. Picking My Tomatoes - Brownie McGhee
10. 15 a Day
11. I'm a Rattlesnakin' Daddy - Blind Boy Fuller
12. Worrying You Off My Mind - Big Bill Broonzy
13. Good Woman Blues - Leroy Carr
14. You Know I Got a Reason - Big Bill Broonzy
15. When You Got a Friend - Robert Johnson

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Legends of Blues: Got My Mojo Working Various Artists Manufacturer: Legends of Music Col ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000257WF Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

1. Lucille Talks Back - B.B. King
2. Mother-In-Law Blues - Little Junior Parker
3. House Rent Boogie - John Lee Hooker
4. Poor Boy - Howlin' Wolf
5. Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters
6. I Got What It Takes - Koko Taylor
7. Hard Luck Blues - Little Milton
8. Confusion Blues - T-Bone Walker
9. Good To Me - Irma Thomas
10. Do What You Set Out To Do - Bobby Bland
11. Hole In The Wall - Brownie McGhee/Sonny Terry
12. Got My Mojo Working - B.B. King

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Legends of Music: Blues - Stormy Monday Various Artists Manufacturer: Legends of Music Col ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Texas Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B000024T82 Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

1. Worried About My Baby - Howlin' Wolf
2. I Don't Need No Steam Heat - John Lee Hooker
3. Doggin' The Dog - Joe Turner
4. Driftin' Blues - Bobby Bland
5. Whose Muddy Shoes - Elmore James
6. Don't Lose Your Cool - Albert Collins
7. Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
8. Call It Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
9. We're Gonna Make It - Little Milton
10. Brownie's New Blues - Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
11. Buddy's Groove - Buddy Guy
12. Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters

Average customer rating: Some interesting and uncommon tracks

Blues Legends Various Artists Manufacturer: Deuce Boxed Sets ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Delta Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Texas Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Slide Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Blues General | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Blues General | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000005NLT Release Date: 1997-07-15

Tracks:

1. She's Nineteen Years Old - Muddy Waters
2. Stormy Monday - Joe Carter
3. Cha Cha Cha in Blues - Junior Wells
4. Home Cookin' - King Curtis
5. Lightnin' Bug - Louisiana Red
6. Came Up the Hard Way - Eddy Clearwater
7. End of the Blues - Earl Hooker
8. Back Door Friend - Billy Boy Arnold
9. Up the Line - Paul Orta
10. Glory Hallelujah - Jo Ann Kelly, Mississippi Fred McDowell
11. Somebody Loan Me a Dime - Fenton Robinson

Tracks:

1. Try to Quit You Baby - Buddy Guy
2. Black Man Blues - John Lee Hooker
3. This Is All - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
4. Watergate Blues - Big Joe Williams
5. You Sure Look Good to Me - Junior Wells
6. Post Modern Blues - Peter Green
7. Hold On - Earl Hooker
8. Taking Off - Matt "Guitar" Murphy
9. My Old Lady - Brewers Droop, Mark Knopfler
10. Soft & Mellow Stella - Sunnyland Slim
11. Hi-Heel Sneakers - Tommy Tucker

Customer Reviews:

Some interesting and uncommon tracks.......2002-03-10

Like most LaserLight releases, this one is a little light on the liner notes and leaves a couple of things out, but the quality of the recordings is quite good. The collection -- a good one if you want to introduce a friend to early Chicago blues -- ranges from a down-home, wide-open version of "Rollin' And Tumblin'" recorded by Little Walter, Muddy Waters and Baby Face LeRoy for Parkway in 1950, through a great track of Sleep John Estes doing "Drop Down Mama" in a 1962 comeback session. The only thing that doesn't fit all that well is the inclusion of some tracks by Memphis Slim -- they're almost TOO slick. They're worth listening to for their own sake, and for the appearance of a very young Matt "Guitar" Murphy -- he was 22 or 23 at the time. All in all, a solid disc and definitely worth passing on to anyone just getting started with Chicago blues.

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Legends of Blues Various Artists Manufacturer: Double Play (Int600) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Detroit Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Blues General | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Blues General | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000021YF8 Release Date: 1997-03-26

Tracks:

1. Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
2. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now - B.B. King
3. It's My Own Fault - B.B. King
4. Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed
5. Baby, What You Want Me to Do - Jimmy Reed
6. Highway 49 - Howlin' Wolf
7. Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf
8. Baby Please Don't Go - Muddy Waters
9. Forty Days and Forty Nights - Muddy Waters
10. Trouble in Mind - Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
11. Blues from the Lowlands - Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
12. Dimples - John Lee Hooker
13. Boogie Chillen' - John Lee Hooker
14. Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
15. My Gal Keeps Me Crying - Memphis Slim
16. My Come Back - Memphis Slim
17. That's Alright
18. G.I. Blues
19. Good Times - Lightnin' Hopkins,
20. Mojo Hand - Lightnin' Hopkins,

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Blues Legends, Vol. 2 Various Artists Manufacturer: Master Tone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Delta Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music ASIN: B00002DH0S Release Date: 1997-01-01

Tracks:

1. Easy Rider - Leadbelly
2. Black Train Blues - Bukka White
3. Dust My Broom - Robert Johnson
4. Mean Mistreatin' Mama - Leroy Carr
5. Four Hands Are Better Than Two - Lonnie Johnson
6. Georgia Rag - Blind Willie McTell
7. My Brownskin Sugar Plum - Blind Boy Fuller
8. Walkin' Blues - Robert Johnson
9. Sun Risin' Blues - Big Joe Turner
10. Rock Island Line - Leadbelly
11. Rocks in My Bed - Joe Turner
12. Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
13. You Can't Get That Stuff No More - Tampa Red
14. Bull Cow Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
15. Gamblin' Man Blues - Champion Jack Dupree

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Blues Legends: Low Down St. Louis Blues Various Artists Manufacturer: Charly ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Delta Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music St. Louis Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Piano | Blues | Styles | Music Slide Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Harmonica Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music 1950s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1950-1959 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Traditional Blues | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Traditional Blues | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000006LKV Release Date: 1992-09-25

Tracks:

1. I Just Keep Loving Her - Little Walter
2. Take It Easy Baby - Robert Nighthawk
3. Memphis Slim U.S.A. - Memphis Slim
4. Drop Down Mama - Sleepy John Estes
5. Low Down Sunnyland Train - Sunnyland Slim
6. Rollin' and Tumblin', Pt. 1 - Little Walter
7. Kansas City - Robert Nighthawk
8. Sassy Mae - Memphis Slim
9. Rats in My Kitchen - Sleepy John Estes
10. I'm Just a Lonesome Man - Sunnyland Slim

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1. Christmas Collection
2. Christmas Songbook [Import]
3. Classic Country: 1960-1964
4. Classic Country: Kings of Country
5. Country Hit Parade
6. Country Legends [Box set]
7. David Allan Coe Presents Conway Twitty
8. Double Play
9. Earth Opera/Great American Eagle Tragedy [Import] [Original recording remastered]
10. Flower from the Fields of Alabama

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