Midnite Blues Party CD

Johnson, Blue Bull, Night Riders, Birmingham Junior, Bobby Long, Randy Hobbs,

As the title says, this is a blues party, a midnight-to-dawn shebang with plenty of liquor, sandwiches, chicken, beer, and cigarette smoke clouding the room. Blue Bull's opening "I'm a Loser" sets the stage for a wild CD ride that will light up backyard barbecues given by the geritol set and blues lovers of all ages. The best performances are too numerous to list. These tracks will make even the musically dead rock their shoulders like robots. You may need to take a break after listening to about five of these ruthless juke joints in a row, as there is no letup from track one to track 27; even the slow-rollers are sobering and could double as wake-up calls. Few big names but plenty of big sounds. As essential as water for jump blues lovers. ~ Andrew Hamilton

Here's 27 tracks, over 70 minutes of ultra-rare blues, R&B, soul and rockers from the 1950s & 1960s (from the vaults of Bluehart Archives) appearing for the first time on CD. Artists include Little Joe Hinton, Baby Huey, Good Time Charlie, Ray Lee Johnso

Little Grier, Bob Reid, Al Gants, Buddy Lamp, Jim Sweeny.

Recorded in the 1950's & 1960's.

Contains 27 tracks.

Performers include: Little Joe Hinton, Baby Huey, Good Time Charlie, Ray Lee

Compilation producers: Willie Mitchell, Andre Williams.

Personnel: Ted Taylor (vocals).

Liner Note Author: Andrew Galloway.

Photographer: Gary Collver.Living Blues (7-8/02, p.69) - "...One fascinating CD..."