All-Star Blues Jam

Bob Margolin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 27, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Telarc
• ASIN: B000096FU9
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,645 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Brutal Hearted Woman

2. Sweet (Little) Black Angel

3. One Day You're Gonna Get Lucky

4. I'll Take Care of You

5. Juke

6. Mean Old Chicago

7. Always on My Mind

8. Easy to Love You

9. The Last Time

10. Maybe the Hippies Were Right

11. Country Boy

12. Crazy 'Bout You Baby

13. My New Baby Owns a Whiskey Store

14. Goin' Down Slow

15. Just a Closer Walk With Thee

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This meeting of Muddy Waters Band alumni thrives on subtle turns of virtuosity. Session leader Margolin proves how beautifully he can approximate Waters’s soul-probing, staccato slide guitar as he adds its whinnying tone to Pinetop Perkins’s barrelhouse piano and voice on "Sweet (Little) Black Angel." Harp legend Carey Bell puts a sharp edge on "One Day You’re Gonna Get Lucky," spitting out lyrics and letting his harp rock the melody. And drummer Willie "Big Eyes" Smith incites the Elmore James-inspired shuffle "Always on My Mind," shouting and pounding out its heartbreak as Margolin slides again. "Last Time" is a rare acoustic showcase for guitarist Hubert Sumlin. And there’s room for newcomers, too. Jimmy D. Lane picks slow and easy like his dad, the late Jimmy Rogers, on "Mean Old Chicago," and Margolin’s bassist Mookie Brill comes off as an MVP, offering laid-back propulsion throughout and singing his campy original "My New Baby Owns a Whiskey Store." Together they all raise the spirit of great early Chicago blues so effectively that, if not for its excellent sound, this album could have been cut in the late 1950s. --Ted Drozdowski

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Chicago Blues!, June 25, 2003

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deepbluereview "deepbluereview" (SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All-Star Blues Jam (Audio CD)

Former Muddy Waters guitarist Bob Margolin assembles others from the Muddy Water band such as Pinetop Perkins, Carey Bell, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and Hubert Sumlin and then adds Jimmy Rogers son Jimmy D. Lane and harpist Mookie Brill for a 66 minute recording session. The songs are a mixture of covers of the tunes of Muddy Waters, Jimmy Shines, Robert Nighthawk and Jimmy Rogers combined with original material by various members of the Jam. In true jam fashion, all members step up to take the lead on various songs either vocally or instrumentally. The CD is mainly Chicago blues done in traditional fashion. The 15 songs are varied enough to keep things interesting throughout. Margolin brings a lot of history forward on this disc and certainly gives you your moneys worth.

5.0 out of 5 stars What it's All About!, March 22, 2011

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Patricia Hennessy "CD Cellar 4" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All-Star Blues Jam (Audio CD)

...It's an album of stellar moments, made even more precious by the careful, spare production....This, folks, is what electric blues is all about...
Living Blues (09/01/2003)