"FROM MISSISSIPPI TO CHICAGO"

Recipe for a great anthology of Mississippi Delta blues: Find five of the music's best living exponents, put them in a studio and turn on the tape. Forget about overdubs, session musicians and fancy flourishes. Just let these guys sing and play the blues. That's what producer Matthew Block did with an 85-year-old Pinetop Perkins and a bunch of his slightly younger cohorts -- R.L. Burnside, Robert Curtis Smith, Eddie Cusic and Abie Boogaloo Ames. The resulting 15 tracks add up to a fascinating and highly listenable romp through a variety of blues styles -- everything from back-country strumming and storytelling to urban boogie-woogie piano. Highlights include Perkins' take on two evergreens -- "Kansas City" and "Everyday I Have the Blues" -- but the other artists here certainly hold their own. (ALLMUSIC)

If you are the type of blues enthusiast that is tired of the deluge of uninspired and unoriginal contemporary blues albums that have flooded the market in the last five years then this will be a breath of fresh air. The content of this album ranges from back-porch guitar boogies to barrelhouse piano instrumentals and from free-form gospel improvisations to electric slide guitar workouts. The performers:R.L. Burnside,Pinetop Perkins, Eddie Cusic, Robert Curtis Smith and Boogaloo Ames are all Mississippi natives that were recorded in their natural elements-front porches, living rooms, and church pues in both the woods of Mississippi and the streets of Chicago. This release is the type that goes unrecognized upon release, but resurfaces years down the line as a true classic of the genre. If you are looking for the real deal, smothered in down-home authenticity and R&B grit, then this is the record to get. (AMAZON)

trax:
1. Poor Black Mattie - R.L. Burnside 2. Kansas City - Pinetop Perkins 3. The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow - Robert Curtis Smith 4. Tommy Dorsey´s Boogie Woogie - Boogaloo Ames 5. See My Jumper Hangin´ On The Line - R.L. Burnside 6. Lye Water Conversion - Robert Curtis Smith 7. Everyday I Have The Blues - Pinetop Perkins 8. Fireman Ring The Bell - R.L. Burnside 9. Gonna Loose A Good Man - Eddie Cusic 10. Skinny Woman - R.L. Burnside 11. Thank You - Robert Curtis Smith 12. Milky White Way - Robert Curtis Smith 13. Bad Luck - R.L. Burnside 14. Calvary - Robert Curtis Smith 15. After Hours - Boogaloo Ames
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