Essential Blues Harmonica

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Tracklist

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	The Blues Overtook Me	Charlie Musselwhite		4:42
2	Scratch My Back	Frank Frost		4:11
3	The Jumpin’ Blues	Magic Dick & Jay Geils		5:14
4	Ninety Nine recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1957-09) double bass [bass]: Willie Dixon (in 1957-09) drums (drum set) [drums]: Fred Below (in 1957-09) guitar: Robert Lockwood (in 1957-09) and Luther Tucker (in 1957-09) harmonica: Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) (in 1957-09) piano: Otis Spann (in 1957-09) vocals: Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) (in 1957-09)	Sonny Boy Williamson		2:39
5	Must Be Jelly	William Clarke		7:03
6	I Wish You Would part of: Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2016) recording of: I Wish You Would lyricist and composer: Billy Boy Arnold (US blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter) publisher: Tristan Music	Billy Boy Arnold		2:41
7	My Home Is a Prison assistant producer: George Lewis (producer) producer: Ronnie Earl (aka Ronnie Horvath (who changed his name to Ronnie Earl)) and Hammond Scott baritone saxophone: Doug "Mr. Low" James (Saxophone player) bass: Michael "Mudcat" Ward (bass) guitar: Ronnie Earl (aka Ronnie Horvath (who changed his name to Ronnie Earl)) keyboard: Anthony Geraci membranophone: John Rossi (drums) tenor saxophone: Kaz Kazanoff and Greg Piccolo recorded at: Splice of Life Studios in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States (from 1982-02 until 1982-08)	Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters		5:15
8	Wade in the Water instrumental recording of: Wade in the Water lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) publisher: Peermusic (UK) Limited part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5439)	Little Sonny	3	3:18
9	Why Can’t You Love Me	The Paul deLay Band		5:30
10	Cotton Crop Blues	The Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet		2:21
11	I Just Keep Loving Her	Little Walter		2:53
12	It Hurts Me Too (When Things Go Wrong)	Junior Wells’ Chicago Blues Band		2:46
13	New Slow Down Baby	Willie Cobbs		3:31
14	Sonny’s Squall	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee		3:46

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executive producer:	Steve Devick

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/10818859 [info]
ASIN:	US: B000003QYK [info]

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Release information

Format:: 2×CD
Length:: 1:53:07

Additional details

Type:: Album + Compilation
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

House of Blues
51416 1300 2

Release events

United States
1997-08-26

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