Better Off With The Blues - Album
Better Off With The Blues (Album) by Junior Wells
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Junior Wells December 9 1934 - January 15 1998 Born Amos Blakemore Was A Blues Vocalist And Harmonica Player Based In Chicago Who Was Famous For Playing With Muddy Waters Buddy Guy Magic Sam Lonnie Brooks The Rolling Stones And Van Morrison. He Was Born In Memphis Tennessee And Raised In Arkansas. Wells Moved To Chicago In 1948 And First Made His Mark At Age 18 Playing In Muddy Waters' Band. He Later Worked With Buddy Guy In The 1960s And Recorded For Delmark Records. His Most Memorable Songs Are "Messin' With The Kid" And "Little By Little " And His Best-Known Album 1965's Hoodoo Man Blues Which Evokes The Smoky Atmosphere Of The Era's Westside Chicago Blues Bars. Wells Made An Appearance In The 1998 Movie Blues Brothers 2000 The Sequel To The Blues Brothers. The Movie Was Released Less Than A Month After His Death. On His Passing In 1998 Junior Wells Was Interred In The Oak Woods Cemetery Chicago.
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Junior Wells December 9 1934 - January 15 1998 Born Amos Blakemore Was A Blues Vocalist And Harmonica Player Based In Chicago Who Was Famous For Playing With Muddy Waters Buddy Guy Magic Sam Lonnie Brooks The Rolling Stones And Van Morrison. He Was Born In Memphis Tennessee And Raised In Arkansas. Wells Moved To Chicago In 1948 And First Made His Mark At Age 18 Playing In Muddy Waters' Band. He Later Worked With Buddy Guy In The 1960s And Recorded For Delmark Records. His Most Memorable Songs Are "Messin' With The Kid" And "Little By Little " And His Best-Known Album 1965's Hoodoo Man Blues Which Evokes The Smoky Atmosphere Of The Era's Westside Chicago Blues Bars. Wells Made An Appearance In The 1998 Movie Blues Brothers 2000 The Sequel To The Blues Brothers. The Movie Was Released Less Than A Month After His Death. On His Passing In 1998 Junior Wells Was Interred In The Oak Woods Cemetery Chicago.
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Published: 01 Jan 2018, 14:20
Wells Sings With A Salty Edge And Clarity That Are Convincing And Engaging And He Maintains His Good Humor Even When Saddled With Less Than First-Rate Material. He Provides Winning Renditions Of Ray Charles' "The Train " Merle Haggard's "Today I Started Loving You Again" And Jimmy Reed's "Honest I Do " Plus A Good Reworking Of His Own "Messin' With The Kid" And "Goin' Home." But The Song That Tears The House Down Is "Oh Pretty Woman " Featuring Flashy Exciting Guitar From Rico McFarland And Wells' Swirling Harmonica Adding Secondary Fire. Indeed Wells' Harp Playing's Another Bonus It's Focused And Aggressive Here. This Is Pretty Good For A 1990s Session.