Junior Wells - Blues Hit Big Town

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Album Details

Title: Blues Hit Big Town
Artist: Junior Wells
Release Date: 1977
Re-Released On: 6/16/1998
Label: Delmark
Duration: 47:17
Album Type(s): Greatest Hits
UPC: 038153064020
Genre: Blues
Styles: Chicago Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Harmonica Blues, Harmonica Blues, Regional Blues
Moods: Party/Celebratory, Playful, Rollicking, Intense, Raucous, Street-Smart, Boisterous, Gritty, Passionate
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 2
Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Track Listings

Hoodoo Man
Cut That Out
Junior's Wail
Tomorrow Night
Ways Like an Angel
Eagle Rock
Please Throw This Poor Dog a Bone
Blues Hit Big Town
Lord, Lord
'Bout the Break of Day
So All Alone
Can't Find My Baby [#]
Please Throw This Poor Dog a Bone [Alternate Take][#]
Junior's Wail [Alternate Take][#]
Eagle Rock [Alternate Take]
Lord, Lord [Alternate Take][#]
Blues Hit Big Town [Alternate Take][#]

Additional Releases

Year	Type	Label	Catalog #
1998	CD	Delmark	640

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Album Review

This 1998 CD reissue of Wells' debut recordings for the States label adds four previously unheard tracks along with the original 13-track vinyl lineup. Wells' legacy begins with these landmark sides, featuring Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Johnnie Jones, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, and the Aces in the lineup at various points. Whether it's a slow one like his original take on "Hoodoo Man" or a jump number like "Cut That Out," the grooves are classic Chicago and a mile deep. Most telling are the acoustic duets with Louis Myers recorded between the 1953 and 1954 studio sessions and the fine instrumentals like "Junior's Wail" and "Eagle Rock." Although at the start of a long career, it's obvious that Junior Wells was already a young man with a style all his own, ready to make blues history. File under essential. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

Credits

Name	Credits
Bill Putnam	Engineer
Bob Koester	Liner Notes
Dave Myers	Guitar (Bass), Bass
Elmore James	Guitar
Fred Below	Drums
Johnny Jones	Piano
Junior Wells	Band, Vocals, Harmonica
Kate Hoddinott	Design
Leonard Allen	Supervisor
Louis Myers	Guitar
Muddy Waters	Guitar
Odie Payne, Jr.	Drums
Otis Spann	Piano, Guitar
Ray Flerlage	Photography
Robert G. Koester	Compilation, Producer
Steve Wagner	Producer, Compilation
Willie Dixon	Bass, Supervisor