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Dues Paid: The Bluestime Story
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Album: Dues Paid: The Bluestime Story
# Song Title   Time
1)    EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES - T-Bone Walker More Info...
2)    I'M A DUES PAYIN' MAN - Otis Spann More Info...
3)    LOVE - Harmonica Slim More Info...
4)    SAIL ON - T-Bone Walker More Info...
5)    CHICAGO CHARVA CHAPTER - The Plaster Caster Blues Band More Info...
6)    PLASTIC MAN - Joe Turner More Info...
7)    I NEEDS TO BE BED WITH - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vincent More Info...
8)    THAT'S ALRIGHT - Harmonica Slim More Info...
9)    SOMETHING SO BRIGHT - Malcolm & Chris More Info...
10)    HOUND DOG - Big Mama Thornton More Info...
11)    SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL - Joe Turner More Info...
12)    FOR B.B. KING - T-Bone Walker More Info...
13)    I WONDER WHY - Otis Spann More Info...
14)    PARIS BLUES - The Super Black Blues Band More Info...
15)    DISILLLUSION BLUES - Leon Thomas More Info...
2)    I'm a Dues Payin' Man More Info...
3)    Love More Info...
4)    Sail On More Info...
5)    Chicago Charva Chapter More Info...
6)    Plastic Man More Info...
7)    I Need to Be'd Wid More Info...
8)    That's Alright More Info...
9)    Something So Bright More Info...
10)    Hound Dog More Info...
11)    Shake, Rattle and Roll More Info...
12)    For B.B. King More Info...
13)    I Wonder Why More Info...
14)    Paris Blues More Info...
15)    Disillusion Blues More Info...
 

Album: Dues Paid: The Bluestime Story
# Song Title   Time
1)    EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES - T-Bone Walker More Info...
2)    I'M A DUES PAYIN' MAN - Otis Spann More Info...
3)    LOVE - Harmonica Slim More Info...
4)    SAIL ON - T-Bone Walker More Info...
5)    CHICAGO CHARVA CHAPTER - The Plaster Caster Blues Band More Info...
6)    PLASTIC MAN - Joe Turner More Info...
7)    I NEEDS TO BE BED WITH - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vincent More Info...
8)    THAT'S ALRIGHT - Harmonica Slim More Info...
9)    SOMETHING SO BRIGHT - Malcolm & Chris More Info...
10)    HOUND DOG - Big Mama Thornton More Info...
11)    SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL - Joe Turner More Info...
12)    FOR B.B. KING - T-Bone Walker More Info...
13)    I WONDER WHY - Otis Spann More Info...
14)    PARIS BLUES - The Super Black Blues Band More Info...
15)    DISILLLUSION BLUES - Leon Thomas More Info...
2)    I'm a Dues Payin' Man More Info...
3)    Love More Info...
4)    Sail On More Info...
5)    Chicago Charva Chapter More Info...
6)    Plastic Man More Info...
7)    I Need to Be'd Wid More Info...
8)    That's Alright More Info...
9)    Something So Bright More Info...
10)    Hound Dog More Info...
11)    Shake, Rattle and Roll More Info...
12)    For B.B. King More Info...
13)    I Wonder Why More Info...
14)    Paris Blues More Info...
15)    Disillusion Blues More Info...
 
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  • Liner Note Author: Dean Rudland.
  • Bluestime is not a storied label, not in the way Sun and Chess are. An offshoot of ABC, Bluestime launched in 1969 and the intent of the imprint was to take old bluesmen and freshen them up for the new decade, usually by placing them in a setting where long, jazzy improvisations were encouraged. Apart from a live version of "Hound Dog" from Big Mama Thornton, every one of the 15 tracks showcased on this 2013 collection were released between 1969 and 1970, most of them in 1970. To get an idea of how thoroughly of its time this music is, T-Bone Walker performs a tribute to B.B. King and also covers the man's "Every Day I Have the Blues," while Big Joe Turner sings a song about plastic man. The decades have washed away the commercialism of these moves and have left behind funky, almost jazzy vamps on cuts that rarely stretch longer than four minutes (although the 14 minutes of the Super Black Blues Band and the ten minutes of Turner surely do leave an impression) but often feel like they do, because the concentration is not on the song but the groove. It's hard to argue that any of these acts are at a peak, and yet hearing Walker, Turner, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson," Otis Spann, and Harmonica Slim in a different setting, happy to tackle their times, is pretty engaging and makes this worthwhile hearing. Maybe it doesn't completely rehabilitate this awkward era, but it does suggest the elongated jams had more to savor than initially met the ear. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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