Name: Best of the Vanguard Years
Brand: Vanguard Records
SKU: 60232
Price: 9.95 GBP
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Best of the Vanguard Years

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Album: Best of the Vanguard Years
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Chicken Shack
2)	No More Lonely Nights
3)	Help Me
4)	Cha Cha the Blues
5)	Christo Redemptor
6)	My Buddy Buddy Friends
7)	Gone and Left Me
8)	Juke
9)	Tennessee Woman
10)	I Don't Play, I'll Be Your Man Some Day
11)	Blue Feeling Today
12)	Everybody Needs Somebody
13)	Little by Little
14)	I'm a Stranger
15)	Rockin' My Boogie
16)	O Yea!
17)	So Many Roads, So Many Trains
18)	Too Hot to Touch
19)	Blues Never Die, The
20)	After While

Album: Best of the Vanguard Years
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Chicken Shack
2)	No More Lonely Nights
3)	Help Me
4)	Cha Cha the Blues
5)	Christo Redemptor
6)	My Buddy Buddy Friends
7)	Gone and Left Me
8)	Juke
9)	Tennessee Woman
10)	I Don't Play, I'll Be Your Man Some Day
11)	Blue Feeling Today
12)	Everybody Needs Somebody
13)	Little by Little
14)	I'm a Stranger
15)	Rockin' My Boogie
16)	O Yea!
17)	So Many Roads, So Many Trains
18)	Too Hot to Touch
19)	Blues Never Die, The
20)	After While

Performer Notes

Personnel: Charlie Musselwhite (vocals, harmonica); Tim Kaihatsu (vocals, guitar); Robbie Robertson, Johnny Shines, Larry Welker, Harvey Mandel (guitar); Rod Piazza (chromatic harmonica); Walter Horton (harmonica); Barry Goldberg, Clay Cotton (piano, organ); Michael Bloomfield (piano); Garth Hudson (Hammond B-3 organ); Floyd Jones, Bob Anderson, Carl Severeid, Jimmy Lewis (bass); Levon Helm, Eddie Ho, Fred Below, Jr., Lance Dickerson, Frank Kirkland (drums);
Recorded between 1965 and 1969. Includes liner notes by Wayne Robins.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Personnel: Charlie Musselwhite (vocals, harmonica); Larry Welker, Johnny Shines, Robbie Robertson, Tim Kaihatsu (guitar); Clay Cotton (piano, organ); Michael Bloomfield (piano); Levon Helm, Frank Kirkland (drums).
This 20-track collection of Musselwhite's early days shows that even back then the man could blow effectively in a variety of settings. In addition to the groundbreaking recordings he made with his own group, this also includes Musselwhite backing John Hammond on two tracks and a duet with Walter Horton from the Chicago, The Blues Today! sessions -- nice additions. Highlights include "Chicken Shack," "Cristo Redemptor," "Cha Cha the Blues," and "I Don't Play." A nice introduction to this blues veteran. ~ Cub Koda