We're not normally ones to rave about electric blues albums, but this one's a lot nicer than you might think – recorded with plenty of deep soul touches, and even a dose of funk in the right places! We hate to admit it, but a big part of the credit here goes to Eric Clapton – who produced most of the record and gives Buddy and Junior a tightness that's missing from some of their other records of the time. There's almost a post-Cream sort of groove to the record – that "hipper than rock" sensibility that colored many of Clapton's old group members' projects for Atlantic in the years after Cream disbanded. But of course, BuddyGuy & JuniorWells are the real stars of the set – and the record's good enough to make even jaded Chicago residents like us appreciate their talents here! Titles include "A Poor Man's Plea", "My Baby She Left Me", "A Man Of Many Words", "I Don't Know", and "This Old Fool". CD
BuddyGuy, Junior Mance, & JuniorWells —
Buddy & The Juniors ... CD Hip-O Select, 1969. Used ...
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A strangely rootsy set from Buddy and JuniorWells, with the surprise addition of Junior Mance on piano – all recorded with a "live in studio" feel that's even sparer than some of the pair's other studio work! The tracks are done in very much the down-home electric mode that was still burning in the southside clubs of Chicago a few years before – and although the set was clearly recorded for the college crowd, it's a lot freer from hoke than you might expect! Titles include "Five Long Years", "Riffin", "Talkin Bout Women Obviously", and "Ain't No Need". CD
The incredible mid 60s album from blues singer and harp blower JuniorWells and his Chicago Blues Band with BuddyGuy! This is a most pivotal set in which Junior & his players don't sound as if they're trying to imbue blues tradition with urban grit and electricity – it simply seems to happen naturally, and you can really imagine when you hear this how it blue the minds of so many Brit and American rock & blues fellows who would come the recast the style with their own life and experiences, and pretty much take over popular music with it. Titles include "Snatch It Back & Hold It", "In The Wee Wee Hours", "Hey Lawdy Mama", "Hoodoo Man Blues", "Yonder Wall", and "Chitlin Con Carne". CD
An incredible slice of Chicago blues – and maybe one of the most important contributions Delmark ever made to the Windy City scene! The album captures JuniorWells in all his rough and raw brilliance – working in territory that's quite similar to the Chess Records vibe of the early 60s – in a group that has BuddyGuy on guitar, Otis Spann on piano, and Louis Myers on a bit of extra guitar! Guy sings a bit, but Junior does most of the vocals – and also plays harmonica too – on titles that include "Blues For Mayor Daley", "Stop Breaking Down", "You Say You Love Me", "Trouble Don't Last Always", and "Baby Please Lend Me Your Love". CD
Includes 19 tracks from the Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet, Otis Spann's South Side Piano, BuddyGuy, Hutto & his Hawks, JuniorWells, and Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band. CD
Includes tracks by Roosevelt Sykes, Elmore James, Nolan Struck, Otis Spann, Robert Nighthawk, BuddyGuy, JuniorWells, Muddy Waters, and more – 21 tracks total. CD
Music from Little Junior Parker, Bobby Bland, Little Milton, Tommy Tucker, BB King, JuniorWells, Lowell Fulsom, Otis Rush, BuddyGuy, ZZ Hill, Albert Collins, and more. CD