Billy Branch, Lurrie Bell & The Sons of Blues - Chicago's Young Blues Generation (1982) [Reissue 2001]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 292 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 103 MB | Covers (6 MB) included
Genre: Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Evidence (ECD 26114-2)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 292 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 103 MB | Covers (6 MB) included
Genre: Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Evidence (ECD 26114-2)
Another quality L&R Records production that has been saved by a reissue on Evidence Music. Originally recorded in 1982, Chicago's Young Blues Generation features the raw, frantic work of guitarist Lurrie Bell and harp blower Billy Branch, who remain the closest the blues scene has to a modern-day Buddy Guy and Junior Wells. Back in 1982, Bell and Branch were still carving out a sound of their own - an amalgam of Rice Miller, the West Side guitar slingers (namely Guy and Magic Sam), and the funkier Stax and Hi Records hitmakers. This album consists entirely of reworked blues and R&B covers, each one drawn out by lengthy, tag-team soloing - sometimes derivative, but more often wildly inspired and unpredictable…