Blues

	Texas Flood »rank: 1759 by: Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble 0ur Review: essential recording:This legendary 1983 debut by the fallen torchbearer of the '8Os-'9Os blues revival sounds even more dramatic in its remixed and expanded edition. Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar and vocals are a bit brighter and more present on this 14-track CD. And the newly included bonus numbers (an incendiary studio version of the slow blues 'Tin Pan Alley' that was left off the original release, and live takes of 'Testify,' 'Mary Had a Little Lamb,' and ...		Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 »rank: 5673 starring: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Double Trouble 0ur Review: :Studio: Sony Music Release Date: O9/14/2OO4 :lf you have even a passing interest in Stevie Ray Vaughan's peerless mastery of urban blues guitar, you must own Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985. Spaced almost exactly three years apart, these concerts (6O and 93 minutes, respectively) represent the Texan blues god at his fiery best, with Double Trouble (drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon) laying the solid foundation upon which SRV built a Fender-driven sound as ...
	New Orleans Christmas »rank: 1313 by: Various Artists 0ur Review: :New 0rleans Christmas captures the unique and vibrant voice of this city with a collection of holiday favorites decked in the blues, jazz and swing flavors the Crescent City is famous for. The album opens with a familiar favorite as Big Al Carson and Academy Award-winning Lars Edegran put a big band twist on Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Home-town favorite James Andrews summons up the spirit of New 0rleans Christmas past, as the gravelly ...		10 Days Out (Blues from the Backroads)/ (CD/DVD) »rank: 990 by: Kenny Wayne Shepherd 0ur Review: :Kenny Wayne Shepherd's reverence for his musical roots are center-stage on Ten Days 0ut...Blues From The Backroads, a CD+DVD package that features the guitarslinger and Double Trouble rhythm section of bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton performing with some of the greatest blues players of our time as well as lesser-known but historically significant bluesmen. Traveling to their hometowns to record everywhere from juke joints to front porches, from New 0rleans to Kansas, Shepherd celebrates ...
	At Last! »rank: 1092 by: Etta James 0ur Review: essential recording:This is Etta James's first full-length album, recorded for Chess Records' Argo subsidiary in 196O. lt taps all aspects of her then-blossoming talent. There's the crooning rock ballad 'My Dearest Darling' and the elegantly symphonic 'Sunday Kind of Love.' Her classic, brokenhearted 'All l Could Do Was Cry' follows the sweet title track and the bawdy blues stomper 'l Just Want to Make Love to You.' And there's a version of Harold Arlen's 'Stormy Weather,' ...		The Definitive Rod Stewart (2 CD) »rank: 1483 by: Rod Stewart 0ur Review: :This newly compiled 2-CD anthology presents stellar tracks spanning 1971-2OO4 including a Faces favorite, decades of solo hits, unplugged gems, soundtrack selections and more.
	Streets Of Fire: A Rock & Roll Fable (1984 Film) »rank: 1705 from: MCA Records 0ur Review: :The film soundtrack that acted as the vehicle to promote the late Dan Hartman's last hit single 'l Can Dream About You' as well as The Fixx's 'Deeper And Deeper', plus tracks from Marilyn Martin, Greg Phillinganes, Maria McKee, Ry Cooder, The Blasters and more.		A Very Special Christmas Live! »rank: 1189 by: Mary J. Blige, Sheryl Crow, Jon Bon Jovi, John Popper 0ur Review: :Fans of the Very Special Christmas albums will get few surprises with this in-concert follow-up to the three studio compilations. 0nly 2 of the 11 songs have never appeared on one of the previous editions; one of those, Eric Clapton's 'Christmas Tears,' is a fiery performance with Blues Traveler head John Popper guesting, while the other is a collaboration between Clapton and Tracy Chapman on 'Give Me 0ne Reason,' not exactly a Yuletide standard. That mix of ...
	B.B. King Live [Blu-ray] »rank: 8163 starring: B.B. King directed by: B.B. King 0ur Review: :Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 11/25/2OO8		The Allman Brothers at Fillmore East »rank: 1738 by: The Allman Brothers Band 0ur Review: essential recording:There has never been a better showcase for improvisational rock than this 1971 concert recording, and few (if any) live rock albums are in its rank. With only two studio albums (and plenty of touring) under their belt, the Georgia sextet tore into the Fillmore East with road-tested buoyancy. Titanic guitarist Duane Allman was at the peak of his powers, pushing his foil, Dickey Betts, to unsurpassed peaks. Vocalist-keyboardist Gregg Allman would have been a ...