Various Artists - Blues Masters, Vol. 18: More Slide Guitar Classics

Title: Blues Masters, Vol. 18: More Slide Guitar Classics Artist: Various Artists Release Date: 7/14/1998 Label: Rhino Records Album Type(s): Various artists collection, Greatest Hits UPC: 081227534820 Genre: Blues Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Chicago Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Acoustic Blues, Electric Blues, Blues-Rock, Texas Blues, Electric Delta Blues, Acoustic Texas Blues, Hard Rock, Pre-War Country Blues, Delta Blues, Arena Rock, Boogie Rock, Blues Revival, Modern Electric Texas Blues, Album Rock, Slide Guitar Blues, Regional Blues Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 6 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. I Can't Be Satisfied :: Muddy Waters
2. The Sky Is Crying :: Elmore James
3. Take Five :: Hound Dog Taylor
4. I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole :: Blind Willie Johnson
5. Hip Shakin' :: J.B. Hutto & The Hawks
6. Little Boy Blue :: Robert Lockwood, Jr.
7. Rockin' in the Coconut Top :: Hop Wilson
8. Your Leg's Too Little :: Black Ace
9. I'm Worried :: Joe Carter & His Chicago Broomdusters
10. Green and Lucky Blues :: Tampa Red
11. John Henry :: Eddie "One String" Jones
12. Death Letter [Alternate Take] :: Son House
13. Wah Wah Blues :: Earl Hooker
14. Dallas :: Johnny Winter
15. All in My Dreams :: Boyd Gilmore
16. Blues for Hawaiians :: Chuck Berry

Year Type Label Catalog # 1998 CD Rhino Records 75348

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Rhino's second slide guitar anthology leads off with a couple of dyed-in-the-wool classics with Muddy Waters' "I Can't Be Satisfied" and Elmore James' "The Sky Is Crying." But the emphasis on this 18-track disc is much more on little-heard delights that might come as surprises even to knowledgeable blues fans. Earl Hooker's "Wah Wah Blues" shows him playing around with the wah-wah pedal to great effect in late 1968; Boyd Gilmore's 1952 single "All My Dreams" has great raw soloing from Elmore James (spliced in from James' "Please Find My Baby" single); Chuck Berry's "Blues for Hawaiians" reveals a little-noted aspect of his playing; and Eddie "One String" Jones' "John Henry" is a primitive one-string blues that takes the slide back to its diddley bow origins. There's also the strange rockabilly-blues hybrid "Rocking in the Coconut Top" by Hop Wilson, with weird background noises that sound like balloons being rubbed. There are also plenty of quality selections by bigger names like Blind Willie Johnson, J.B. Hutto, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Son House, Tampa Red, and Johnny Winter, with the expected expert liner notes by Cub Koda. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Black Ace Performer Blind Willie Johnson Guitar, Vocals, Performer Bob Fisher Remastering Bob Koester Producer Bobby Robinson Producer Boyd Gilmore Guitar, Vocals, Performer Bruce Iglauer Producer Chris Strachwitz Producer Chuck Berry Performer, Multi Instruments Cub Koda Liner Notes, Producer Dick Waterman Photography Earl Hooker Performer, Guitar, Vocals Eddie "One String" Jones Performer, Vocals, Guitar, Arranger Eddie James House, Jr. Vocals, Guitar Eddie Shuler Producer Elmore James Performer, Guitar, Vocals Ernest "Big" Crawford Bass Frank Kirkland Drums George Paulus Producer Gino Skaggs Bass Harding Wilson Guitar Herman Hassell Bass Hop Wilson Performer Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers Performer Hudson Whittaker Vocals, Guitar Hugh Brown Art Direction Ike Turner Piano J.B. Hutto Guitar, Vocals J.B. Hutto & The Hawks Performer J.T. Brown Sax (Tenor) James Austin Producer Joe Carter & His Chicago Broomdusters Performer John Hammond, Sr. Producer John Williamson Bass Johnny Jones Piano Johnny Junious Drums Johnny Winter Producer, Guitar, Performer, Vocals Leonard Chess Producer Muddy Waters Performer, Guitar, Vocals Odie Payne Drums Paul Oliver Producer Pete Lowry Producer Phil Chess Producer Rachel Gutek Design Ransom Knowling Bass Ray Flerlage Photography, Artwork Robert Lockwood, Jr. Producer, Vocals, Performer, Guitar Samuel Charters Editing Son House Performer Steve Banks Photography Tampa Red Performer Ted Harvey Drums Theodore Roosevelt Taylor Guitar, Vocals, Producer Walter "Kid" Smith Guitar, ? Willie Williams Drums