CHICAGO/THE BLUES/TODAY! VOL. 2
(US: Vanguard 79218-2)


  1. Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet: Cotton Crop Blues
  2. Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet: The Blues Keep Falling
  3. Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet: Love Me Or Leave
  4. Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet: Rocket 88
  5. Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet: West Helena Blues
  6. The Otis Rush Blues Band:
    Everything's Going To Turn Out Alright
  7. The Otis Rush Blues Band: It's A Mean Old World
  8. The Otis Rush Blues Band: I Can't Quit You Baby
  9. The Otis Rush Blues Band: Rock
  10. The Otis Rush Blues Band: It's My Own Fault
  11. Homesick James And His Dusters: Dust My Broom
  12. Homesick James And His Dusters: Somebody Been Talkin'
  13. Homesick James And His Dusters: Set A Date
  14. Homesick James And His Dusters: So Mean To Me

Chicago/The Blues/Today!

Personnel:
Otis Rush - vocals, guitar
Robert "Sax" Crowder, alto saxophone
Luther Tucker - rhythm guitar
Roger Jones - bass
Willie Lion - drums

Produced by Samuel Charters
Recorded: 1965
Released: 1966

コブラ・レーベルのリメイクとなる8.からアイク&ティナが原曲となるR&B調インストの6.まで、気迫に満ちた演奏だ。ただ、コンソール直結で録ったというギターの音は不自然にカラッした感じで、ちょっと違和感は残る。(アンプの調子が悪かったという話だが...。)


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