Re: [Harp-L] Junior Wells : Live at Theresa's

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Quoting drori hammer <drori_hammer@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Junior Wells was one of my great blues idols (as well as the first 
> world -class blues harp player I ever got to watch live) - and yet I 
> must admit he was unpredictable : you never knew weather the show 
> would be brilliant or horrible - I saw him 3 times: twice were great, 
> Junior at his top form, and once  - at the `95 SF blues festival - 
> absolutely horrendous. He played no harp, and spent most of the songs 
> just doing his grunting and monkey-sound shticks rather than his 
> usually incredible soulful singing.
>  However, in his last years he did produce 2 GREAT albums : "Live at 
> Buddy Guy`s Legends" with a full electric band + horn section 
> (featuring a terriffic version of "Help Me" backed by only the 
> Hammond organ) and "Come on in this house" , featuring acoustic and 
> semi acoustic songs with lots of great slide players.
>  Hammer

If always stayed shy of the Live at Buddy Guy's (but may check it out
considering your comments) but I agree that Come on in this House is a
masterpiece, and a beautiful swansong for an amazing (if fickle) artist.

Ben FELTEN
http://harmonica.typepad.com