Blues Masters 15

Blues Masters (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 17, 1993)
• Original Release Date: August 17, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000032X9
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,542 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dust My Broom - Elmore James

2. Honey Bee - Muddy Waters & His Guitar

3. Taylor's Rock - Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers

4. Maxwell Street Medley - Robert Nighthawk & His Flames Of Rhythm

5. Too Much Alcohol - J.B.Hutto & His Hawks

6. Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground) - Blind Willie Johnson

7. Dynaflow Blues - Johnny Shines Blues Band

8. Treat Me the Way You Do - Joe Carter & His Chicago Broomdusters

9. Homesick's Shuffle - Homesick James

10. Deep Feeling - Chuck Berry

11. Chicken Stuff - Hop Wilson & His Chickens

12. I Am the Black Ace - Black Ace

13. Is You Ever Seen a One-Eyed Woman Cry - Earl Hooker

14. Shake Your Moneymaker - Paul Butterfield Blues Band

15. Rollin' and Tumblin' - Canned Heat

16. Mean Town Blues - Johnny Winter

17. Statesboro Blues - Allman Brothers Band

18. All Shook Up - Ry Cooder

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another good sampler, December 7, 2003

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Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues Masters 15 (Audio CD)

This is another fine entry in Rhino's lengthy Blues Masters series. It isn't the definitive word on slide guitar blues, of course, or on any of the artists represented, but as a sampler it works very well, featuring a lesser-known (but very good) rendition of "Dust My Broom" by Elmore James, and well-chosen cuts by Muddy Waters, J.B. Hutto (the tough boogie "Too Much Alcohol"), and Robert Nighthawk (a superb medley of two of his best songs, "Anna Lee" and "Sweet Black Angel").

The compilers at Rhino have included the Allman Brothers' version of Blind Willie McTell's "Statesboro Blues" rather than the original, "Shake Your Moneymaker" by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and Canned Heat's take on "Rollin' And Tumblin'"...I would probably have gone with McTell's own "Mama T'Ain't Long Fo' Day", which is one of the most beautiful acoustic slide guitar blues tunes you'll ever hear, but that's just me.

Robert Johnson is missing, and Son House is, too, but the compilers try to make amends by including some lesser-known tracks which should appeal to the experienced blues fan, like James Williamson's "Homesick's Shuffle", Babe Turner's "I Am The Black Ace", Earl Hooker's "If You Ever Seen A One-Eyed Woman Cry", the harsh "Treat Me The Way You Do" by Joe Carter, and a rare opportunity to hear Chuck Berry wielding the slide on the odd instrumental "Deep Feeling". And the awesome Blind Willie Johnson is here as well, performing the eerie "Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground".

Very good. But its companion volume, Blues Masters Vol. 18, is actually even better.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!, October 16, 1998

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"rugbyprofessor" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues Masters 15 (Audio CD)

This is must buy for any fan slide guitar. From beginning to end, from Elmore James to Johnny Winter, it's non-stop blues. You'll find yourself hitting the repeat button on the CD player, so you can hear the great blues slide guitar again.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Starter!, July 29, 2004

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Ernie Wild "Eddie" (Traverse City, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues Masters 15 (Audio CD)

This CD isn't the best anything. It's just a good starter cd for the new Blues listener, and a good listen for the more experienced. So I'll rate it a good. It probably deserves three stars but I'm a sucker for slide guitar so I gave it four.