Various Artists - Blues Masters, Volume 7: Blues Revival (1993)

This blues compilation is Volume 7 in an extensive blues series of CDs from Rhino which is slowly finding its way to my collection.

The Blues Revival of the 1960s was described by blues scholar Jeff Todd Titon as "a white, middle-class love affair with the music and lifestyle of marginal blacks."

-from the CD liner notes written by Jim O'Neal, founding editor of Living Blues magazine

I was born in 1966, but I would certainly align myself with that description. It's very true, as evidenced by the subsequent '60s blues-based British Invasion (Clapton, Stones, Led Zeppelin, etc.). So what we've got here is the source material. This era brought recognition to older, established blues artists such as the ones found on this disc. Of the volumes in this series that I have heard to date, this is my favorite.

Another blues revival occurred in the late '80s with artists such as Stevie Ray Vaughan and Robert Cray, followed by another in the 2000s with such acts as Joe Bonamassa, The Black Keys, and the Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues series. I'm not sure if we're due for another revival, but I'm sure enjoying a personal blues revival this summer.

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart

Tracks:

	Song	Artist	Year
1	Baby What You Want Me To Do	Jimmy Reed	1959
2	Three Aces On The Bottom Of The Deal (aka Blues For Gamblers & Everybody's Blue)	Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	1966
3	Candy Man	Mississippi John Hurt	1964
4	Fannin Street	Dave "Snaker" Ray	1964
5	Write Me A Few Lines	Mississippi Fred McDowell	1964
6	Death Letter	Son House	1965
7	Boom Boom	John Lee Hooker	1962
8	Got My Mojo Working	Muddy Waters	1960
9	Born In Chicago	Paul Butterfield Blues Band	1965
10	Good Morning Schoolgirl	Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band	1966
11	The Blues Never Die	Otis Spann	1965
12	Baby Scratch My Back	Slim Harpo	1965
13	Coming Home to You Baby	Sonny Boy Williamson	1964
14	The Death Of J.B. Lenoir	John Mayall's Blues Breakers	1967
15	On The Road Again	Canned Heat	1968
16	Blues Power	Albert King	1968
17	The Thrill Is Gone	B.B. King	1969

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None.

Previously revisited for the blog:
Volume 3: Texas Blues (1992)
Volume 8: Mississippi Delta Blues (1993)
Blues Masters Sampler (1993)