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Swamp Boogie Queen
by Katie Webster
The Louisiana pianist came loaded for bear with her sassy Alligator debut, which in the late '80s ga...
Hard Again
by Muddy Waters
When icons and innovators reach a certain stature, they're often viewed as inapproachable. Sealed up...
Eldorado Cadillac
by Billy Boy Arnold
Arnold, a Sonny Boy (John Lee) Williamson acolyte who began his own career in Bo Diddley's band as ...
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Smith vs. Jones
What's in a name? When I did the Big vs. Little and Slim vs. Fats dozens a few years back, a winner emerged from the rival camps, even if only by a narrow margin. For example, artists with "Slim" in their name seemed, as a group, to make slightly better music than those named "Fats." But the determining appellations in those Dozens were nicknames. In the case of Smith vs. Jones, we're talking about proper surnames in every instance but one. I'm afraid I can't tell you what that might mean, but when I first looked ove...
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Nick Moss and the Flip Tops
Nick Moss learned his Chicago blues the right way — through apprenticeships. He was barely out of his teens when he took over the bass slot in Jimmy Dawkins' band in 1993, and from there he joined the Legendary Blues Band, which had originally been staffed by Muddy Waters vets and still boasted Willie "Big Eyes" Smith on drums and Pinetop Perkins on piano. Bandleader Smith switched him to guitar, and Moss made his recording debut with the LBB's Money Talks. After two years at that job he became second guitarist to t...
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Top Blues Tracks
| Listen | Track Name | Length |
|---|
| 1. | |
A Man and The Blues
|
6:23 |
| 2. | |
thickfreakness
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3:48 |
| 3. | |
have love will travel
|
3:04 |
| 4. | |
set you free
|
2:46 |
| 5. | |
midnight in her eyes
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4:03 |
| 6. | |
Sweet Little Angel
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5:39 |
| 7. | |
Money (That's What I Want)
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2:54 |
| 8. | |
hurt like mine
|
3:27 |
| 9. | |
hard now
|
3:15 |
| 10. | |
I Can't Quit the Blues
|
3:20 |
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