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Various Artists - Blues Masters, Volume 17: More Postmodern Blues

Track listing:
  1. Statesboro Blues The Allman Brothers Band 4:06
  2. Walking The Back Streets and Crying Little Milton 6:14
  3. Boogie Thing James Cotton 3:22
  4. Firing Line (I Don't Play With Your Woman, You Don't Play With Mine) Albert King 3:45
  5. Never Make A Move Too Soon B.B. King 5:33
  6. Claim Jumper Johnny Copeland 3:35
  7. Ego Trip Albert Collins & The Ice Breakers 4:33
  8. Phone Booth The Robert Cray Band 3:29
  9. Cold Shot W.C. Clark 4:16
  10. Prove Your Love Joe Louis Walker 5:08
  11. Red Beans Snooks Eaglin 3:55
  12. Spellbound Koko Tayler 4:06
  13. Am I Wrong Keb' Mo' 2:19
  14. Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Luther Allison 4:59
  15. Had To Quit Drinking Larry Garner 3:47
  16. One Foot In The Blues Johnny Adams 6:35

Notes

Blues Masters Volume 17 - More Post Modern Blues

Putting together a compilation of "postmodern" (post-1970) blues is a challenge because the classics of the era are not as commonly agreed upon as they are for previous decades, and because the form has been more static than it was in the earlier days of the blues' evolution. It's not as good as Rhino's previous Postmodern Blues compilation (issued as volume 9 of the Blues Masters series), but it still has a good alternation of good cuts by major figures (the Allman Brothers, Albert King, B.B. King, James Cotton, Little Milton, Robert Cray, Koko Taylor, Albert Collins), solid journeyman types (Johnny Copeland, Joe Louis Walker, Luther Allison, Johnny Adams), and the occasional name that still isn't widely known to the general audience (W.C. Clark, Larry Garner). Soul-blues-funk-rock fusion is often characteristic of the selections, but there is is a nod to acoustic traditions by Keb' Mo'.