Harp Blues

by N/A

Overview

This 25-track collection brings together some of the most inspiring blues harp performances on record. With the exception of John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson's "Bring Me Another Half a Pint" (what's better known as Jimmy Rogers' "Sloppy Drunk" and originally penned even earlier by Lucille Bogan) from 1948, everything on here was recorded in the '50s to the late '60s at the height of the electric blues boom. Representative and sometimes definitive performances from Big Walter Horton ("Easy," "Need My Baby" and the solo on Jimmy Rogers' "Walkin' By Myself"), Little Walter ("Roller Coaster"), Jimmy Reed ("Found Love"), Snooky Pryor ("Boogie Twist"), Sonny Boy Williamson ("99"), Jerry McCain (the rare, alternate take of "Steady") and Little Junior Parker ("Sweet Home Chicago") pepper this set. But the rarities from Eddie Hope (the raucous "A Fool No More"), Little Willie Foster ("Little Girl"), Papa Lightfoot (an explosive transfer of "Wine, Women, Whiskey"), Howlin' Wolf ("Howlin' Wolf Boogie"), Sammy Myers ("Sleeping in the Ground") and Joe Hill Louis ("Western Union Man") are every bit as potent as the bigger names aboard. Great selections from Doctor Ross, Billy Boy Arnold, Frank Frost, James Cotton, Junior Wells, George Smith, Shy Guy Douglas and the mysterious Cousin Leroy complete the collection. ~ Cub Koda

Product Details

Release Date:	02/26/1999
Label:	Ace
UPC:	0029667871020
Rank:	117229

Tracks

1. Wine, Women, Whiskey
2. Walking by Myself
3. Chicago Breakdown
4. Ninety Nine
5. Steady
6. Up the River
7. Sweet Home Chicago
8. Sleeping in the Ground
9. Monkey Doin' Woman
10. Found Love
11. Roller Coaster
12. Ride With Your Daddy Tonight
13. All Night Long (Rock Me Baby)
14. A Fool No More
15. Howlin' Wolf Boogie
16. Need My Baby
17. Little Girl
18. Bring Another Half Pint
19. I Ain't Got You
20. Easy (I Almost Lost My Mind)
21. Western Union Man
22. What's This I Hear?
23. Rocket 88
24. West Helena Blues
25. Boogie Twist

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jerry "Boogie" McCain   Primary Artist
Junior Wells   Primary Artist
Little Walter   Primary Artist
Little Willie Foster   Primary Artist
Doctor Ross   Primary Artist
Jimmy Rogers   Primary Artist
Snooky Pryor   Primary Artist
Junior Parker   Primary Artist
Jimmy & Walter   Primary Artist
Howlin' Wolf   Primary Artist
Sam Myers   Primary Artist
Lou Levy   Primary Artist
George "Harmonica" Smith   Primary Artist
Frank Frost   Primary Artist
James Cotton   Primary Artist
Jimmy Reed   Primary Artist
Big Walter Horton   Primary Artist
The Manish Boys   Primary Artist
Sonny Boy Williamson II   Primary Artist
Shy Guy Douglas   Primary Artist
Chicago Sunny Boy   Primary Artist
Edward Hope   Primary Artist
Papa George Lightfoot   Primary Artist
Billy Boy   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

James Edward Pryor   Composer
Billy Boy   Performer
Papa George Lightfoot   Performer
Shy Guy Douglas   Composer,Performer
Sonny Boy Williamson II   Composer,Performer
The Manish Boys   Performer
Big Walter Horton   Composer,Performer
Jimmy Reed   Composer,Performer
James Cotton   Performer
Clarence Carter   Composer
Frank Frost   Performer
Ellas McDaniel   Composer
Floyd Jones   Composer
George "Harmonica" Smith   Performer
Sam Myers   Composer,Performer
Howlin' Wolf   Composer,Performer
Roosevelt Sykes   Composer
Scotty Moore   Composer
Jimmy & Walter   Performer
Junior Parker   Performer
Snooky Pryor   Performer
Jimmy Rogers   Composer,Performer
Ivory Joe Hunter   Composer
Jackie Brenston   Composer
Doctor Ross   Composer,Performer
Little Willie Foster   Performer
Little Walter   Performer
Robert Johnson   Composer
Lucille Bogan   Composer
Jerry "Boogie" McCain   Composer,Performer
Junior Wells   Composer,Performer
Sonny Boy Williamson I   Composer
W.C. "Red" Wortham   Composer
John McArthur   Composer
Alexander Lightfoot   Composer