Blues Masters, Vol. 18: More Slide Guitar Classics

Blues Masters (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 14, 1998)
• Original Release Date: July 14, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B000007RQD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #266,239 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters

2. The Sky Is Crying - Elmore James

3. Take Five - Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers

4. I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole - Blind Willie Johnson

5. Hip Shakin' - J.B Hutto & The Hawks

6. Little Boy Blue - Robert Junior Lockwood

7. Rockin' in the Coconut Top - Hop Wilson & His Blues Steel Guitar

8. Your Leg's Too Little - Black Ace

9. I'm Worried - Joe Carter & His Chicago Broomdusters

10. Green and Lucky Blues - Tampa Red

11. John Henry - Eddie 'One String' Jones

12. Death Letter [Alternate Take] - Son House

13. Wah Wah Blues - Earl Hooker

14. Dallas - Johnny Winter

15. All in My Dreams - Boyd Gilmore

16. Blues for Hawaiians - Chuck Berry

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ****1/2 - great follow-up to vol. 15, August 5, 2004

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This review is from: Blues Masters, Vol. 18: More Slide Guitar Classics (Audio CD)

Rhino's Blues Masters series is by far the best of its kind. Yes, better than the new Martin Scorsese series, although that's good, too.

You can't just go out and buy the entire "Blues Masters" series and be done with, of course...there is much more to the blues than that. But casual or "mid-level" blues fans should love this well-compiled and well-annotated series, and this excellent collection is one of the best entries.
Spanning 1927-1974, "More Slide Guitar Classics" includes some of the best songs in the catalogues of blues masters like Elmore James, Son House, Tampa Red, Robert Nighthawk, and J.B. Hutto. Elmore's smouldering slow burner "The Sky Is Crying" is here in all its glory, alongside Texas bluesman Johnny Winter's acoustic slide guitar blues "Dallas", Son House's awesome "Death Letter", and Babe Turner (the Black Ace)'s obscure "Your Leg's Too Little".

Other highlights include Muddy Waters' wonderful early classic "I Can't Be Satisfied", Tampa Red's piano-driven "Green And Lucky Blues", a tough "Little Boy Blue" by Robert Jr. Lockwood (Robert Johnson's stepson), J.B. Hutto's fiery boogie "Hip Shakin'", and the powerful "I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole", played and sung by the grittiest gospel singer ever, Blind Willie Johnson, is just amazing.
The numerous rarities make this album even better, and the inclusion of songs like Joe Carter's tough shuffle "I'm Worried" and Boyd Gilmore's even more obscure "All In My Dreams" is a real gift.

This is a mouth-watering slice of classic blues tunes. Fanatics like myself will have most of this music already, but slightly more casual listeners should rush out and try to dig up a copy of this excellent CD and its companion volume.