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Blues of the '60s
Song Artist
1965 SWEET LITTLE ANGEL B.B. KING
Recorded live at The Regal Theater on South Parkway (now Martin Luther King Drive) at 47th Street in Bronzeville.
1967 AS THE YEARS GO PASSING BY ALBERT KING
Recorded in Memphis with the Stax Records house band including Booker T., Donald "Duck" Dunn and Steve Cropper.
1961 I'M TORE DOWN FREDDY KING
Freddy was one of Eric Clapton's favorite guitarists and Eric later covered this song.
1965 EARLY IN THE MORNING JUNIOR WELLS WITH BUDDY GUY
Up until the time of this album, Hoodoo Man Blues, most blues albums were really just collections of singles. This remains a top seller in the Delmark Records catalogue.
1965 SCREAMIN' PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND
This is a Mike Bloomfield song from the self-titled, debut album for this band with Paul on harp, Mike on guitar, Elvin Bishop on second guitar, Jerome Arnold on bass, Mark Naftalin on organ and Sam Lay on drums.
1964 YOU CAN'T LOSE WHAT YOU NEVER HAD MUDDY WATERS
This song was written by Muddy and recorded in Chicago.
1965 WANG DANG DOODLE KOKO TAYLOR
This is the original version of Koko's biggest hit, written by and recorded by Willie Dixon who also appears here on bass and vocals.
1966 BABY, SCRATCH MY BACK SLIM HARPO
An Excello Records hit for this Louisiana bluesman.
1965 BIG LEGS, TIGHT SKIRT JOHN LEE HOOKER
Detroit's John Lee Hooker recorded in Chicago for Vee-Jay records.
1963 SHAME, SHAME, SHAME JIMMY REED
Recorded in Chicago for Vee-Jay records. Peaked at #52 on the pop charts.
1966 I CAN'T QUIT YOU BABY OTIS RUSH BLUES BAND
This come from a series of three albums called, Chicago/The Blues/Today.
1967 I FEEL SO GOOD MAGIC SAM
From the album, West Side Soul.