Little Joe Blue's Greatest Hits

Little Joe Blue | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 23, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Evejim Records
• ASIN: B000001DFE
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #528,027 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two Classics On One CD, June 23, 2005

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Sam Mosley "The Junkyard Junky" (Toronto, Ontario) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Little Joe Blue's Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Shortly before his death, Little Joe Blue recorded a pair of solid LP's for Evejim Records that are now available on CD. Both the albums show Blue at his best, playing slick, urban yet still lowdown blues with terrific production by producer Leon Haywood. The songs are a mix of new originals, mostly written by Haywood, a few cover's as well as a few re-cuts of songs Blue recorded many years before for other labels. These include a new version of his most famous song, the classic "Dirty Work Going On" and "Encourage Me Baby", which he originally did for Jewel. The cover's include Sony Boy #2's "Don't Start Me to Talking" and Little Milton's "How Could You Do It to Me". Throughout the CD Blue's lead guitar playing is focused and concise, without any silly tricks that plague many blues records. The horn arrangements are terrific throughout as well, especially on the funky "Who".
Little Joe Blue is pretty much forgotten these days, but with a few of his CD's still available we can still remember his terrific music. If you like slick, urban West Coast blues like BB King or Lowell Fulson than you will definitely want to check out the great Little Joe Blue.