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Bob Margolin, All-Star Blues Jam

Audio CD

Disk ID: 1688736

Disk length: 1h 6m 42s (15 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 2003

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. Brutal-Hearted Woman 3:58
2. Sweet (Little) Black Angel 7:18
3. One Day You're Gonna Get Lucky 2:41
4. I'll Take Care Of You 3:58
5. Juke 3:09
6. Mean Old Chicago 6:24
7. Always On My Mind 3:45
8. Easy To Love You 5:23
9. Last Time 4:41
10. Maybe The Hippies Were Right 2:14
11. County Boy 4:28
12. Crazy 'Bout You Baby 4:26
13. My New Baby Owns A Whiskey Store 3:37
14. Goin' Down Slow 7:59
15. Just a Closer Walk with Thee 2:30

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Review

This meeting of Muddy Waters Band alumni thrives on subtle turns of virtuosity. Session leader Margolin proves how beautifully he can approximate Waters's soul-probing, staccato slide guitar as he adds its whinnying tone to Pinetop Perkins's barrelhouse piano and voice on "Sweet (Little) Black Angel." Harp legend Carey Bell puts a sharp edge on "One Day You're Gonna Get Lucky," spitting out lyrics and letting his harp rock the melody. And drummer Willie "Big Eyes" Smith incites the Elmore James-inspired shuffle "Always on My Mind," shouting and pounding out its heartbreak as Margolin slides again. "Last Time" is a rare acoustic showcase for guitarist Hubert Sumlin. And there's room for newcomers, too. Jimmy D. Lane picks slow and easy like his dad, the late Jimmy Rogers, on "Mean Old Chicago," and Margolin's bassist Mookie Brill comes off as an MVP, offering laid-back propulsion throughout and singing his campy original "My New Baby Owns a Whiskey Store." Together they all raise the spirit of great early Chicago blues so effectively that, if not for its excellent sound, this album could have been cut in the late 1950s. --Ted Drozdowski

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