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Combining sessions that blues pianist Sunnyland Slim and blues guitarist Johnny Shines recorded separately on the same day in Chicago in 1968 for the Blue Horizon imprint, this interesting little set shows two blues veterans doing what it was they did, which was, in part, to push and pull the Delta blues one small step closer to being in the modern urban world. The Slim sides, several of which are new to digital disc, are a bit more interesting than the Shines sides, but only by degree. Slim's songs can appear on the surface to be tossed-off exercises in the usual blues clichés, but they were actually carefully written, while Shines worked similar territory, giving old blues figures a slightly ironic twist. Since both played at one time or another with Robert Johnson, and both straddle the old and new worlds of the blues as it transfigured into an electric and urban form, it makes perfect sense to stick these two sessions together in one package.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
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Sunnyland Slim, Performer - Albert Luandrew, Composer - Albert Luandrew, Lyricist - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Sunnyland Slim, Performer - Mike Vernon, Producer - Willie Dixon, Composer - Willie Dixon, Lyricist
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Sunnyland Slim, Performer - Albert Luandrew, Lyricist - Albert Luandrew, Composer - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Sunnyland Slim, Performer - Albert Luandrew, Lyricist - Albert Luandrew, Composer - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Sunnyland Slim, Performer - Albert Luandrew, Lyricist - Albert Luandrew, Composer - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Sunnyland Slim, Performer - Albert Luandrew, Lyricist - Albert Luandrew, Composer - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Sunnyland Slim, Performer - Mike Vernon, Producer - Willie Dixon, Lyricist - Willie Dixon, Composer
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Sunnyland Slim, Performer - Mike Vernon, Producer - Willie Dixon, Composer - Willie Dixon, Lyricist
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Sunnyland Slim, Performer - Mike Vernon, Producer - Roosevelt Sykes, Composer - Roosevelt Sykes, Lyricist
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Sunnyland Slim, Performer - Albert Luandrew, Composer - Albert Luandrew, Lyricist - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blues Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Sunnyland Slim, Performer - Albert Luandrew, Lyricist - Albert Luandrew, Composer - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blues Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Sunnyland Slim, Performer - Albert Luandrew, Composer - Albert Luandrew, Lyricist - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Sunnyland Slim, Performer - Albert Luandrew, Lyricist - Albert Luandrew, Composer - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Malcolm Chisholm, Engineer - Clifton James, Drums - Johnny Shines, Composer - Johnny Shines, Vocal - Johnny Shines, Guitar - Johnny Shines, Lyricist - Johnny Shines, Performer - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Johnny Shines, Lyricist - Johnny Shines, Performer - Johnny Shines, Composer - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Johnny Shines, Performer - Johnny Shines, Composer - Johnny Shines, Lyricist - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Johnny Shines, Lyricist - Johnny Shines, Composer - Johnny Shines, Performer - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Johnny Shines, Lyricist - Johnny Shines, Composer - Johnny Shines, Performer - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Johnny Shines, Composer - Johnny Shines, Lyricist - Johnny Shines, Performer - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Johnny Shines, Composer - Johnny Shines, Lyricist - Johnny Shines, Performer - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Johnny Shines, Lyricist - Johnny Shines, Composer - Johnny Shines, Performer - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Johnny Shines, Lyricist - Johnny Shines, Performer - Johnny Shines, Composer - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Johnny Shines, Composer - Johnny Shines, Performer - Johnny Shines, Lyricist - Mike Vernon, Producer
(P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive license to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Album review
Combining sessions that blues pianist Sunnyland Slim and blues guitarist Johnny Shines recorded separately on the same day in Chicago in 1968 for the Blue Horizon imprint, this interesting little set shows two blues veterans doing what it was they did, which was, in part, to push and pull the Delta blues one small step closer to being in the modern urban world. The Slim sides, several of which are new to digital disc, are a bit more interesting than the Shines sides, but only by degree. Slim's songs can appear on the surface to be tossed-off exercises in the usual blues clichés, but they were actually carefully written, while Shines worked similar territory, giving old blues figures a slightly ironic twist. Since both played at one time or another with Robert Johnson, and both straddle the old and new worlds of the blues as it transfigured into an electric and urban form, it makes perfect sense to stick these two sessions together in one package.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 23 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:54
- Main artists: Sunnyland Slim/Johnny Shines
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Blues
This compilation (P) 2008 Blue Horizon Records under exclusive licence to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
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