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The Chicago Blues Tapes 1991
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The Chicago Blues Tapes 1991
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by The Pretty Things and Yardbird Blues Band
Sales Rank: 273946
Price:$15.99
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Album Details
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1. You Can't Judge the Book - The Pretty Things, Dixon, Willie
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2. Down in the Bottom - The Pretty Things, Dixon, Willie
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3. Hush-Hush - The Pretty Things, Reed, J.
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4. Can't Hold Out - The Pretty Things, James, Elmore
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5. Spoonful - The Pretty Things, Dixon, Willie
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6. She Fooled Me - The Pretty Things, Brown, Robert [1]
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7. Time Is on My Side - The Pretty Things, Meade, Norman
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8. Scratch My Back - The Pretty Things, Moore, James [Blues
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9. Long Tall Shorty - The Pretty Things, Abramson, Herb
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10. Diddley Daddy - The Pretty Things, Diddley, Bo
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11. Ain't Got You - The Pretty Things, Carter, Clarence
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12. Caress Me Baby - The Pretty Things, Reed, Jimmy [1]
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13. Here's My Picture - The Pretty Things, Arnold, Billy Boy
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14. Chain of Fools - The Pretty Things, Covay, Don
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15. Don't Start Cryin' Now - The Pretty Things, Moore, James [Blues
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Listener Reviews & Comments
Take a Studebaker add a couple of Pretty Things, a drop of YardBird, a little Canned Heat and throw in some Chicago Southside Sisters and you get Chicago Blues with a strong under currant of English flavor. On this disc, vocalist Phil May and guitarist Dick Taylor of the English band the Pretty Things got together in 1991 with Yardbird drummer Jim McCarty, Canned Heat bassist Richard Hite and Chicago's Studebaker John on rhythm guitar for a rockin' night of raw blues. The band doesn't perform anything new on the disc, sticking to covers of Bo Diddley, Elmore James, Jimmy Reed and others. But the performance is nothing short of excellent. The vocals of Phil May are top notch and Taylor's guitar screams and cries like he was born and lived his entire life in the blues club of Chicago. The backgound beat of McCarty's drums are locked tightly with Hite's base and compliments Studebakers guitar and harp to form an almost perfect back drop from which May and Taylor work their magic. If, and that's a big if, there is a weak spot on this disc, it would have to be "Time Is On My Side" which just doesn't quite seem to fit with the rest of the tracks. Overall, it's raw, totally unrefined and in everyway near perfect.
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The Chicago Blues Tapes 1991
by The Pretty Things and Yardbird Blues Band
Price:$15.99
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