Come On In This House - Album
Come On In This House (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: 05 May 2011, 21:27
Junior Wells Hardly Needs Any Introduction. He Is One Of The Best Blues Harp Players Of All Time And One Of The Main Figures In Blues History Full Stop. He Played In The Legendary Band "The Ace" He Has Been Member For Years Of The "Muddy Waters Band" During The Period Of Its Maximum Splendour He Has Had A Long Partnership With The Great Buddy Guy As Well As A Brilliant Solo Career. In Two Words A Living Legend. On This Album A True Masterpiece One Of The Album That You Would Certainly Take With You On A Desert Island He Is Accompanied By Some Of The Best "young" Blues Guitarists Around Corey Harris Alvin "Youngblood" Hart Sonny Landreth John Mooney Derek Trucks Tab Benoit And The "Muddy Waters Band" Veteran Bob Margolin. Every Guest Plays At His Best And Junior Wells Let Them One By One Take The Centre Of The Scene. All Of Them Are Playing Rigorously Acoustic National Steel Or Occasionally Electric Slide Guitar. 14 Songs One Better Than The Other. From The Amazing Cover Of Tracy Chapman's Hit "Give Me One Reason" With The Fantastic Performance Of Sonny Landreth On National Steel And Electric Slide Guitars It Really Sounds Like Another Song! To The Stunning "Mystery Train" In Which Corey Harris And Bob Margolin Play The Led. However It Is Really Difficult To Point Out A Particular Song This Is The Classic CD That You Will Never Get Tired To Listening From Start To Finish. This CD Is The Perfect Fusion Between The Acoustic Sound Of The Delta And The Modern Blues Without Any Doubt One Of The Best Traditional Blues Album Of The Last 10 YearsM. Bernocchi Www.Amazon.Com