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The Old Grey Whistle Test was synonymous with quality music and although it was possibly best known for rock music the show maintained an amazing variety of performing artists. This album takes a look back at some of the best blues musicians who appeared on the show. Featuring the likes of Muddy waters, Fleetwood Mac, ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Howlin Wolf, the album also includes artists who for whatever reason didn’t or couldn’t appear on the show, but should have. Other releases in this series include Prog Rock, Country, Folk and Soul.
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1-KING, Albert 2-Hands OffGALLAGHER, Rory 3-La GrangeZZ TOP 4-Mannish BoyMUDDY WATERS 5-Bad Luck CityBURNSIDE, R.L. 6-Deja VoodooSHEPHERD, Kenny Wayne 7-The Things (That) I Used To DoVAUGHAN, Stevie Ray 8-The Sky Is CryingJAMES, Elmore 9-You Ain't No GoodCHICKEN SHACK 10-Love Me Like A ManRAITT, Bonnie 11-The Blues BluesLEE, Alvin 12-My Heart Beat Like A HammerFLEETWOOD MAC 13-Precious GiftTROWER, Robin 14-Sweet DreamsBUCHANAN, Roy 15-Lafayette RailroadLITTLE FEAT 16-Statesboro BluesALLMAN BROTHERS BAND 17-Born In ChicagoBUTTERFIELD BAND, Paul 18-Going DownKING, Freddie (1960-95)(79:37/18) (1960-95)(79:37/18)
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27 of 31 people found the following review helpful
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This is an excellent blues sampler, which features not only blues legends like Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Albert and Freddy King but also the white acts that they influenced such as (the original) Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, Rory Gallagher, Paul Butterfield, ZZ Top and Stevie Ray Vaughn. As well as these major artists there are also some slightly less well-known but still interesting acts such as R. L. Burnside, Robin Trower, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Roy Buchanan. The collection "mostly features artists that appeared on the show but also includes artists who for whatever reason didn't or couldn't appear on the show" - a slightly confusing statement but I definitely remember the wonderful performances by at least Little Feat, Bonnie Raitt, Roy Buchanan and Freddie King. Nonetheless this is an interesting and varied collection put together by 'Whispering Bob' which is a great introduction to modern blues.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Bought this album along with others from the Old Grey Whistle Test series and wasn't disappointed. It has a mix of original recordings and some performances from the show and gives a wide spread of the genre, with tracks I knew well, owned elsewhere but stuff that was new to me and adds to my collection. As usual good sleeve notes for the product in an overall good series of albums.
[[ASIN:B005DZMNQG Old Grey Whistle Test Present Blues]
[[ASIN:B005DZMNQG Old Grey Whistle Test Present Blues]
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Play this cd often,real classic blues for fans like myself .Fabulous tracks i love slide guitar with people like jeremy spencer ,jonny winter .Solid foot stomping music.
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Every downloaded track failed to play. Gave error -119. Then after I restarted my Android phone, all the tracks had vanished. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. David W. M. Fawcett
An observation
I see that the cover clearly states, Climax Blues Band and Howlin' Wolf on its cover yet these two artistes are not on the actual CD. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. Glenn Cook
Great compilation - BUT --
-- It's a pity that my favourite track Alvin Lee The Bluest Blues (Track 12), has the last 20 seconds or so chopped off/quickly faded out - totally ruining it for me!
Published 3 months ago by Snibsy
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