Support : 33 Tours
Genre : BLUES
Auteur : LOVIE LEE . SCOTTY AND THE RIB. AC REED
Sortie : 01/01/1978
Lieu de pressage : France
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Living Chicago Blues Vol. IV
Alligator ALCD 7704
Nowhere has blues been so transformed as in Chicago. To this day, gritty, electric blues fills its night air. Alligator\'s Living Chicago Blues series is \"all about exposing Chicago blues talent to new audiences\". The hope was blues would \"not be resigned to mere history\". As a minimum, each volume features four artists with session players as historically rich as the recordings themselves. They are obscure, unknown, and not originally from Chicago. However, Volume IV contains some of the city\'s best vocalists, guitarists, harpists, and pianists. It features the most diverse songwriting, and unfortunately, the greatest number of deceased artists. At the time of these recordings, none of these real deal musicians were big names in the blues. After you listen to this bona fide album, it will be harder to come to grips with the fact they still aren\'t.
Amos Milburn was Detroit Junior\'s idol. His \"half-sing half-talk\" vocal style features on his selections. With only occasional rattling piano, \"If I Hadn\'t Been High\" is homey, and speaks to the men. Saxophones ignite Junior\'s upper register on \"Some Nerve\". Minor key blues, when performed on piano, creates a whole new sub-genre. As proof, listen to \"Somebody To Shack\". Using a contented rhythm, it tells a story. Instrumentation isn\'t important or necessary here. West side guitar is defined as \"alternating stinging single-note leads with powerful, distorted chords\". Listen to Luther \"Guitar Junior\" Johnson, best known for his seven year stint with Muddy Waters, perform it to a tee. Strong rhythm, as on \"Look What You Done\" is Johnson\'s essential magic as well. On \"Just Like Mama Said\", Willie Smith gets slap happy on drums while Johnson sounds like Otis Rush. This is the style of blues I originally fell in love with.
The departed artists begin with Queen Sylvia Embry. She had everything to be \"Chicago\'s next great blues woman\". The way she spits out the words force you to listen, and pay attention because he commands it. Her exemplary vocals and mighty guitarists on \"Going Upstairs\" are the album\'s surprise smash, while Dino Alvarez is the disc\'s most impressive drummer. Big Leon Brooks idolized Little Walter. These remarkable recordings feature Brooks recovering from serious heart and lung problems, and sounding like Junior Wells. \"Blues For A Real Man\" accurately describes all the music on this album. \"Country Boy\" stresses the importance of family and a simple life. Brooks\' and Embry\'s brilliant bands are the most rounded. Andrew Brown\'s versatility allowed him to gig at cocktail lounges, black social club dances, and basement bars. With soul-swooning vocals and Albert King guitar licks, Brown creates a deep trance on the omnipotent \"I Got News For You\". Definitely another uncovered treasure.
ETAT POCHETTE VG + DISQUE VG ++
FRAIS D ENVOIS
3.50 E EN LETTRE PROTEGEE CARTON RENFORCE
6.00 E EN COLISSIMO
Méthode de description:
Quand vous lisez une description EX/VG++, la pochette est en état EX et le disque est VG++.
SS : Still Sealed/ Encore Scellés, sous plastique (voir note ci-dessous)
M- (Mint -) : Un disque en superbe état, jamais utilisé ou tout comme. Sans défaut.
EX (Excellent) : Un disque en excellent état, pratiquement sans défauts.
VG++ : Un disque en très bon état, sa condition satisfera la plupart des collectionneurs exigeants. Le disque peut avoir quelques marques très fines, quelque traces de contacts avec la pochette en papier, mais rien qui n´affecte l´écoute.
VG+ : Un disque en bon état global, mais souvent utilisé, avec des défauts visuels (marques, traces, ...). Quelques morceaux peuvent avoir un peu de bruit de fond ou quelques \"clicks\" mais il n´y a pas de problèmes majeurs. C´est notre description la plus basse pour une bonne écoute sur une chaîne hi-fi de bonne qualité.
VG : Le disque est en assez bon état, mais visuellement a de nombreux défauts : marques, traces, rayures... Il joue avec du bruit de fond et des clicks sur la plupart des titres mais cependant sans être rayé. Le résultat final dépend beaucoup de la qualité de votre chaîne hi-fi.
VG- : Un disque en état médiocre, avec des rayures et du bruit. Nous n´offrons que très rarement de tels disques à la vente, et ce uniquement s´ils offrent un réel intérêt pour des collectionneur
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