Medford & Main
Blue Bella
For those who like Willie Mitchell, the Mar-Keys, Booker T. & the MG’s, the Bar-Kays and that 1990 self-titled album by the Memphis Boys, Stubbs comes highly recommended.
Tag: blues
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Johnny A.
One November Night
Aglaophone
If a compilation of tone-heavy instrumental electric guitar music were ever issued (“Titans of Tone” would be a great title), it would have to include cuts by artists such as the Hellecasters, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Jeff Beck, Steve Morse, Johnny Hiland, Jazz Is Dead, Ronnie Earl, Steve Howe, Redd Volkaert, Albert Lee, Danny Gatton — and Johnny A.
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Elvis Presley
Elvis 75: Good Rockin’ Tonight
RCA/Legacy
The King finally has a box set fit for a king. After years of such multidisc compilations as “I Believe — The Gospel Masters,” “The Complete ’68 Comeback Special,” “The Music of Elvis Presley — The 1950s,” “Elvis at the Movies” and “The Country Side of Elvis,” Legacy Recordings commemmorates what would have been the Mississippi Tupelo Flash’s 75th birthday with a career-spanning chronological sampler of 100 songs (incorporating the entire “30 #1 Hits” release) that keeps the singer’s forays in proportion to his artistic success.
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Chris Smither
Time Stands Still
Signature Sounds
Smither is a true-blue blues journeyman, having started playing coffeehouses in Boston in the mid-’60s. Alcohol waylaid his recording career in the ’70s, but he emerged stronger for it and returned to the studio.
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Things About Comin’ My Way:
various artists
Things About Comin’ My Way:
a tribute to the music of the
Mississippi Sheiks
Black Hen
This Canadian-American venture was put together out of pocket and on a shoestring by Vancouver-based guitar wizard Steve Dawson, thanks to connections with the artists and a few investors. It was recorded mostly at three sessions in both countries, with Dawson handling the chores on his side of the border as well as playing slide guitar on several songs and contributing his own track.
