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Various Artists - Blues Masters, Volume 16: More Harmonica Classics

Track listing:
  1. Off The Wall Little Walter & His Jukes 2:47
  2. Odds and Ends Jimmy Reed 2:28
  3. Cotton Corp Blues Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet 2:21
  4. Keep It To Yourself Sonny Boy Williamson 2:49
  5. (Help Me) A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band 3:24
  6. Born In Chicago The Paul Butterfield Blues Band 0:50
  7. I Hear You Knockin' Lazy Lester 2:12
  8. Jump The Boogie Papa Lightfoot 2:22
  9. Come Back Baby Doctor Ross 2:49
  10. Pawnshop Bound William Clarke 4:24
  11. Baby Scratch My Back Slim Harpo 2:52
  12. The Briar Patch Gary Primich 4:27
  13. All Night Boogie Howlin' Wolf 2:11
  14. Shake The Boogie Sonny Boy Williamson 2:46
  15. Whammer Jammer J. Geils Band 2:45
  16. Hootin' Blues Sonny Terry 2:16

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Blues Masters Volume 16 - More Harmonica Classics

With such a wealth of great harmonica blues out there, and with such an outstanding track record on Rhino's part in general when it comes to historical compilations, it's no surprise that their second anthology of harmonica blues is just as good as the first. There are fine cuts by many big guns here, including Little Walter, both Sonny Boy Williamsons, James Cotton, Jimmy Reed, Junior Wells, Paul Butterfield, Slim Harpo, and Sonny Terry (whose hard-rocking, electric "Hootin' Blues No. 2," from a 1956 RCA single, is a highlight). The less obvious choices make this a pleasure for mid-level blues fans looking for something they haven't heard before as well as more familiar material: Papa Lightfoot's "Jump the Boogie" is great early raw electric blues with vocals that sound as if the mike was covered with sandpaper, and Doctor Ross' "Come Back Baby" is one of the most primordial blues recorded at Sun.