James Cotton (Harmonica)/Junior Wells/Carey Bell/Billy Branch - Harp Attack!

Artist:

Cotton, James (Harmonica)

UPC:

014551479024

Description:

Full performer name: James Cotton/Junior Wells/Carey Bell/Billy Branch.
Personnel: James Cotton, Junior Wells, Carey Bell, Billy Branch (vocals, harmonica); Michael Coleman (guitar); Lucky Peterson (bass); Ray "Killer" Allison (drums).
Recorded at Streeterville Studios, Chicago, Illinois. Includes liner notes by Bruce Iglauer.
Suggested alternate title: FOUR HARPS, NO WAITING. In other words, this is a sort of blues harp summit meeting, featuring three players--James Cotton, Junior Wells, and Carey Bell--who all at one time had featured in the Muddy Waters band, plus a younger disciple, Billy Branch, who had, as they say, learned from the best.
Highpoints include the Junior Wells solo track "Keep Your Hands Out of My Pocket," which is a terrific showcase for his distinctive harp style (he has a deliberately cleaner tone than the other three) and the opening "Down Home Blues," which is a sort of cutting contest where all four get a vocal verse, and an instrumental solo. Terrific stuff.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Down Home Blues
2. Who
3. Keep Your Hands Out of My Pockets
4. Little Car Blues
5. My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble
6. Broke and Hungry
7. Hit Man
8. Black Night
9. Somebody Changed the Lock
10. Second Hand Man
11. New Kid on the Block

Album Information

Release Date:

09/26/1990

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Chicago Blues

Label:

Alligator Records

Producer:

Bruce Iglauer

Catalog Number:

ALCD 4790

Original Release Year:

1990

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

53 : 57

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