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This is a DualDisc, which contains a CD on one side of the disc and a DVD on the other.
In the course of 12 cuts, this Silverline edition of Blues Masters contains no less than four generations of bluesmen on both sides of the Atlantic. It begins with Muddy Waters and T-Bone Walker, continues through Taj Mahal and Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac era, and travels through Robert Cray, Gary Moore, and on down into the questionable Generation X jam band crews Big Head Todd and Blues Traveler. The enclosed DVD contains two videos by Cray and Mahal, and other bonus material. ~ Thom Jurek Blues Masters Songs | 1. | I Didn't Know - Robert Cray |
| 2. | Stormy Monday - Gary Moore |
| 3. | Let Her & Let Go - Blues Traveler |
| 4. | Imaginary Ships - Big Head Todd & the Monsters |
| 5. | Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac (live) |
| 6. | Big Blues - Taj Mahal (live) |
| 7. | Hey Miss Bessie - Charlie Musselwhite (live) |
| 8. | Back on the Scene - T-Bone Walker |
| 9. | Little Dreamer - John Lee Hooker/The Groundhogs |
| 10. | It Never Rains But It Pours - Jimmy Witherspoon |
| 11. | Southbound Train - Big Bill Broonzy |
| 12. | Just a Dream - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee |
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