Essential Blues 3

Essential Blues (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 22, 1999)
• Original Release Date: June 22, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: House of Blues
• ASIN: B00000J83X
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,404 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. You Can't Always Get What You Want

2. Got My Mojo Working

3. You Fired Yourself

4. Chicago Bound

5. Up and Down World

6. I Need You So Bad

7. Jinx Blues

8. Farther up the Road

9. I Don't Know

10. Stormy Monday

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Toe Hold

2. Voodoo Daddy

3. We're Gonna Make It

4. Change of Heart, Change of Mind

5. Keep Your Hands Out of My Pocket

6. Screamin' & Hollerin' the Blues

7. You Got Me Dizzy

8. I Don't Know

9. Katie Mae

10. Best of Me

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great mix of new and old blues recordings, July 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Essential Blues 3 (Audio CD)

The House of Blues label has done it again with another incredible collection of blues essentials. From classics must-haves by Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, and John Lee Hooker to more recent recordings by Taj Mahal and Luther Allison, this collection is calling to you.

Also have to mention that the album art and liner notes are beautifully designed and well-written.

Only reason not to give it a full five stars is too many tracks pulled from other HOB discs, but if you don't have them all yet, you won't mind.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lots of hits, lots of misses, November 3, 2004

By 

Patrick Madigan (Mesa, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Blues 3 (Audio CD)

This is a so-so collection of blues recordings. A few are great, with artists like Muddy Waters, T-bone Walker, and John Lee Hooker contributing some classics. But there are a few songs that were made famous by the Rolling Stones, and they sound ridiculous played in a blues style. Bottom line: this is worth getting, but only if you can get it cheap, and you're willing to sift through some duds to get to the good ones.