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The blues-rock guitar hero's studio vaults were nearly empty when he died in an August 27, 1990, helicopter crash. This set unearths a 1978 Austin session track of "You Can Have My Husband" with Vaughan as second fiddle to his then girlfriend, singer Lou Ann Barton, Vaughan contributes solos to Lonnie Mack's "Oreo Cookie Blues" and Katie Webster's "On the Run," while Bonnie Raitt's distinctively keening slide adds elegance to a "Texas Flood." But the best cut is a breathtaking with Texas Telecaster blaster Albert Collins. The rest is culled from Vaughan's guest appearances on others' releases or previous retrospectives and include matches with blues godfathers B.B. King and Albert King, as well as Johnny Copeland, A.C. Reed, Jeff Beck, Marcia Ball, Dick Dale and David Bowie. |
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Muddy Waters had his second coming 30 years ago, when longtime friend and disciple Johnny Winter and his Blue Sky label returned him--after a series of listless recordings aimed at the rock audience--to the raw, powerful authenticity of his timeless Chess material with a series of powerful albums. Beginning with 1977's acclaimed Hard Again, a subsequent tour produced Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live, recorded onstage in Detroit, New York, and Philadelphia with Muddy's band, Winter,and harmonica player/vocalist James Cotton. This collection returns again to those remarkable concerts, featuring Muddy on five tracks, among them a rousing "I Can't Be Satisfied," "Trouble No More," "Caldonia," and the closing "Got My Mojo Workin'." Winter and Cotton are no less powerful, Cotton redoing Jackie Brenston's hit "Rocket '88'" and Winter ripping up John Lee Hooker's "I Done Got Over It" and "Mama Talk to Your Daughter." |
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Unearthed some 40 years after the fact, this has to be one of the finest blues collections ever assembled on video. Thanks to a couple of young promoters who brought the musicians to Europe--where they were treated with a good deal more respect and dignity than in America--we get an extraordinary lineup of bluesmen and women: Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin’ Wolf, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Big Joe Turner, Sippie Wallace... the list goes on. Previous to this release, Experience Hendrix came out with three volumes of performances in stagy but effective down-home settings in sterile studio settings and before rather formal but appreciative German audiences. However, "The British Tours" is the one for blues fans to treasure. Historically important for having been the key inspiration for young Englishmen (Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, John Mayall, etc.) who turned to the blues, it also features what is arguably the best line-up in this admittedly flawless series. |
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The second Crossroads Guitar Festival - a day-long concert featuring legendary music & collaborations - was held on July 28, 2007 to benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua. Filmed in HD, this two disc DVD features over four hours of historic performances from that day. Since its inception, Eric Clapton's vision for the festival has been to create an event where his friends & contemporaries can have fun & jam together for the benefit of a good cause. Featuring Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Stevie Winwood, Buddy Guy, Robbie Robertson, Sonny Landreth, John McLaughlin, Doyle Bramhall II, Susan Tedeschi, The Derek Trucks Band, Johnny Winter, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, The Robert Cray Band, Jimmie Vaughan, Hubert Sumlin and B.B. King, it is filled with amazing fretwork in a setting of mutual admiration and even reverence. |
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