[Harp-L] hoodoo

[The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx>]

WITH AUGUST APPROACHING, IT'S TIME FOR THE HOODOO MAN
Hoodoo Man Blues is considered by most blues aficionados and fans to be one of the best blues albums of all time. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and was chosen by the readers of Living Blues magazine as a top 10 Desert Island Blues disc. Recorded on September 22 and 23, 1965, Hoodoo Man Blues was the first studio album to capture a working Chicago blues band doing essentially what they did on stage without time constraints to accommodate the singles market. Of course both Junior Wells and Buddy Guy went on to become international blues stars. This new digipak re-issue contains 17 performances: the 12 songs from the original LP, three alternates that have been available on CD plus two never-before-released performances. There's one completely unissued song, I Ain't Stranded, and an alternate take to Yonder Wall in which Buddy Guy is playing through the Leslie speaker as he did on the title track, something guitar players are still copying to this day. The new four-panel digipak and 16-page booklet package contains nine never before seen photos from the recording session. - Imwan.com