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- Artist: Johnny Shines
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- Release Date: 1991
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Blues
Review
Shines has half of this 20-track disc, the remainder being devoted to sides from the same era featuring Robert Lockwood. Recorded in 1952 and 1953 for the JOB label, this is Shines at his most primal, working with a drumless trio; Big Walter Horton plays harmonica on the 1953 sides. These tracks decidedly outshine the Lockwood efforts (also recorded for JOB in the early '50s), some of which only feature Robert as a sideman. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Ramblin' | Johnny Shines | Johnny Shines | (2:34) |
| Fish Tail | Johnny Shines | (2:31) | |
| Cool Driver | Johnny Shines | Johnny Shines | (2:56) |
| Ain't Doin' No Good | Johnny Shines | Johnny Shines | (2:35) |
| Evening Sun | Johnny Shines | Johnny Shines | (2:32) |
| No Name Blues | Johnny Shines | Johnny Shines | (2:50) |
| Brutal Hearted Woman | Johnny Shines | Johnny Shines | (2:55) |
| Gonna Call the Angel | Johnny Shines | Johnny Shines | (3:09) |
| Gonna Call the Angel | Johnny Shines | Johnny Shines | (3:29) |
| Evening Shuffle | Johnny Shines | Johnny Shines | (2:14) |
| Dust My Broom | Elmore James | Robert Lockwood, Jr. | (2:28) |
| Pearly B | Robert Lockwood, Jr. | Robert Lockwood, Jr. | (2:26) |
| Aw Aw Baby | Pete Johnson | Robert Lockwood, Jr. | (2:39) |
| Sweet Woman (From Maine) | Robert Lockwood, Jr. | Robert Lockwood, Jr. | (3:01) |
| You've Got to Stop This Mess | Robert Lockwood, Jr. | Robert Lockwood, Jr. | (2:44) |
| Glad I Don't Worry No More | Robert Lockwood, Jr. | (2:20) | |
| Down Home Child | Robert Lockwood, Jr. | (2:53) | |
| Sunnyland Special | Robert Lockwood, Jr. | (2:38) | |
| Leaving Your Town (No Name Blues) | Robert Lockwood, Jr. | (3:03) | |
| Dust My Broom [Alternate Take] | Elmore James | Robert Lockwood, Jr. | (2:39) |
