It's My Life Baby

Junior Wells | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vanguard Records
• ASIN: B000000EG3
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,056 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #80 in Music > Blues > Harmonica Blues

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your Next Junior Wells Purchase, August 22, 2002

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Sondra Snodgrass (Worthington, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's My Life Baby (Audio CD)

Most respectable Blues fans own Hoodoo Man Blues, and most Junior fans also have all the tracks he recorded prior to Hoodoo Man. If that's you, then here is your next Junior Wells purchase: It's My Life, Baby. In terms of Junior's highly regarded live albums, the vibe on this live set is far superior to that of Southside Blues Jam. On all the tracks there is great interaction between the band members, and, as usual, Buddy Guy is just killing it. The high point of the album is, without question, "(I Got A) Stomach Ache". I think I fell unconscious the first thirty times I heard it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Take me back., August 5, 2002

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John W Snyder Jr (Ft Lauderdale, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's My Life Baby (Audio CD)

What a time. What a place. What a showman. The late 40's to the late 60's, Chicago's south side, the incomparable Junior Wells... Muddy, Elvis, Wayne Cochrane, Sonny Boy all rolled into one tough little cookie. This album is one sweet treat after another. If you can stay still listening to "Stomach Ache," you are clinically dead. It's a true joy listening to Junior and Buddy Guy but I really envy people in the future; they might be able to transport themselves back to 1964 and see Junior live in Pepper's Lounge.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Junior is in the house spreading the Hoodoo Blues!, June 13, 2001

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SIMON AGUILAR-GARCIA (Seattle, Wa. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's My Life Baby (Audio CD)

Thanks to the two previous reviewers I checked this cd out and it is burning! Part of it was recorded live at Pepper's Lounge on Chicago's south side and the other at Universal studios in the same city. The live numbers add to the feel and excitement of the cd even though the studio tracks are just as good. This came out a year after the classic "Hoodoo man Blues" cd that established Junior as a Blues Force. A favorite at The Crazy Coyote Blues Power Show 1490 KOTY AM Yakima Nation Reservation Radio in south central Washington state.