Name: Crucial Guitar Blues
Brand: Alligator Records
SKU: 52621
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Crucial Guitar Blues

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Album: Crucial Guitar Blues
#	Song Title		Time
1)	All The King's Horses - Luther Allison	More Info...
2)	Heartless - Michael Burks	More Info...
3)	Same Old Thing - Coco Montoya	More Info...
4)	Lights Are On But Nobody's Home - Albert Collins	More Info...
5)	Percolatin' - Little Charlie & The Nightcats	More Info...
6)	To The Devil For A Dime - Tinsley Ellis	More Info...
7)	Country Boogie - Roy Buchanan	More Info...
8)	I Can't Hear Nothing But The Blues - Son Seals	More Info...
9)	Phone Line - Dave Hole	More Info...
10)	Double Whammy - Lonnie Mack	More Info...
11)	I Smell Trouble - Johnny Winter	More Info...
12)	Pressure Cooker - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown	More Info...
2)	Heartless	More Info...	0:04
3)	Same Old Thing	More Info...	0:05
4)	Lights Are On But Nobody's Home	More Info...	0:07
5)	Percolatin'	More Info...	0:04
6)	To The Devil For A Dime	More Info...	0:04
7)	Country Boogie	More Info...	0:04
8)	I Can't Hear Nothing But the Blues	More Info...	0:06
9)	Phone Line	More Info...	0:03
10)	Double Whammy	More Info...	0:03
11)	I Smell Trouble	More Info...	0:04
12)	Pressure Cooker	More Info...	0:03

Album: Crucial Guitar Blues
#	Song Title		Time
1)	All The King's Horses - Luther Allison	More Info...
2)	Heartless - Michael Burks	More Info...
3)	Same Old Thing - Coco Montoya	More Info...
4)	Lights Are On But Nobody's Home - Albert Collins	More Info...
5)	Percolatin' - Little Charlie & The Nightcats	More Info...
6)	To The Devil For A Dime - Tinsley Ellis	More Info...
7)	Country Boogie - Roy Buchanan	More Info...
8)	I Can't Hear Nothing But The Blues - Son Seals	More Info...
9)	Phone Line - Dave Hole	More Info...
10)	Double Whammy - Lonnie Mack	More Info...
11)	I Smell Trouble - Johnny Winter	More Info...
12)	Pressure Cooker - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown	More Info...
2)	Heartless	More Info...	0:04
3)	Same Old Thing	More Info...	0:05
4)	Lights Are On But Nobody's Home	More Info...	0:07
5)	Percolatin'	More Info...	0:04
6)	To The Devil For A Dime	More Info...	0:04
7)	Country Boogie	More Info...	0:04
8)	I Can't Hear Nothing But the Blues	More Info...	0:06
9)	Phone Line	More Info...	0:03
10)	Double Whammy	More Info...	0:03
11)	I Smell Trouble	More Info...	0:04
12)	Pressure Cooker	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

Performers include: Luther Allison, Albert Collins, Lonnie Mack, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter, Roy Buchanan, Coco Montoya, Little Charlie & The Nightcats, "Gatemouth" Brown.
Personnel: Bob DePugh, Bruce Iglauer (sampler).
Photographer: Dave Leucinger.
One of three simultaneously released, budget-priced Alligator blues compilations (the other two are Crucial Chicago Blues and Crucial Harmonica Blues), Crucial Guitar Blues is a 12-track, hour-long anthology of some of the hottest guitarists in the label's extensive catalog. Although the word "electric" is not featured in the title, this is definitely a plugged-in affair. Kicking off with Luther Allison's intense "All the King's Horses," the track list of Albert Collins ("Lights Are on but Nobody's Home"), Johnny Winter ("I Smell Trouble"), Roy Buchanan ("Country Boogie"), and Son Seals ("I Can't Hear Nothing but the Blues") is a roller-coaster ride through Alligator's marquee names. Lonnie Mack with Stevie Ray Vaughan charging through a breathless, self-explanatory "Double Whammy" adds even more firepower, and even the pace-changing, jaunty swing of Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's instrumental "Pressure Cooker" that closes the disc maintains the fast-fret theme that is the album's calling card. Little Charlie & the Nightcats add some West Coast groove with their instrumental "Percolatin'," but generally tougher blues like Tinsley Ellis' "The Devil for a Dime" dominate. Oddly, there are no tracks from Alligator's two most celebrated guitar albums, Lone Star Shootout and the Grammy-winning Showdown with Albert Collins, Robert Cray, and Johnny Copeland slinging it out. Unfortunately, liner notes are MIA, as are detailed personnel listings for each track. Blurbs describing the albums the songs are picked from are more advertisements than informative, but that doesn't diminish the non-stop power and excitement of this excellent set. ~ Hal Horowitz