Search - Various Artists :: Bay Blues Live in Concert

Pretty Dig Dang Cool

Christopher Bushman | Portland, OR USA | 05/22/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The Cons:



1) The title is a bit misleading. This is not a San Francisco Blues Festival live album. Some of the artists here have obvious Bay Area connections but not all



2) The meager Liner Note (singular, not plural) says that these recordings were made for US college radio or at campus concerts in the late 60's, early 70's. There is no information on where, when, why the individual recordings were made.



The Pros:



1) This is pretty good stuff. Not super exciting but not a bum track here



2) Taj, Hooker and Hammond give typical knockout performances and the rest are no slouches either. Elvin Bishop smokes and The Airplane, Commander Cody and others are very enjoyable.



3) The recording quality is better than I expected throughout, very listenable



This is a blues album that won't change your life but it is a nice curio."