Crucial Rockin' Blues

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: May 22, 2007
• Total Time: 48:57
• Type: Collection (various artists), Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Blues

Review

If completely raw, slightly unhinged electric blues is your thing, this Alligator sampler from its vast catalog is fine medicine to feed your fever. There are 12 tracks here from the likes of Johnny Winter, Coco Montoya, Tinsley Ellis, Shemekia Copeland, Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials, Lonnie Mack, and Roy Buchanan, just to mention a few. The producers went from Australia (Dave Hole) to all four coastlines to to bring approximately 50 minutes of the raunchiest, stomping guitar freakout electric blues onto a single disc, with participants including the Holmes Brothers at their wildest; the music comes from the Deep South (Guitar Shorty and Copeland), from Chicago (Ellis and Lil' Ed), from Los Angeles (the Paladins and Lee Rocker), and from New York (Koko Taylor [who is from Chicago but lives in the Apple now] and Winter). This is the burn-down-the-house style of music that most modern blues fans crave, and this is a hefty dose for what ails you. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Last Dirty Deal		Coco Montoya	(3:54)
Route 90		Johnny Winter	(4:13)
Golden Rule		Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials	(3:21)
Hound Dog Man		Lonnie Mack, Stevie Ray Vaughan	(4:06)
Phone Line		Dave Hole	(3:44)
I'm Gonna Leave You		Guitar Shorty	(5:45)
The Next Miss Wrong [Live]		Tinsley Ellis	(5:28)
Run Myself Out of Town		The Holmes Brothers	(3:26)
It's 2 A.M.		Shemekia Copeland	(4:28)
Rockin' Harder		Lee Rocker	(3:08)
25 Miles		Johnny Sayles, Roy Buchanan	(3:50)
Follow Your Heart		The Paladins	(3:34)

Credits

Bob DePugh (Producer), Kevin Niemiec (Package Design), Bruce Iglauer (Producer), Bob DePugh (Sampling), Robert Barclay (Photography), Bruce Iglauer (Sampling)