Blue Guitars - Album Number Six - Chicago Blues

Chicago Blues

Again it was movement that was pushing the Blues into a new direction, movement upwards North to Chicago in the pursuit of jobs and a new life. People suddenly found themselves in a completely different situation and this instantly influenced the Blues, the electric style, developed earlier on in Electric Memphis and Texas Blues, remained, however became harder and edgier, instruments like the saxophone were incorporated into the music and gave this new hybrid a sometimes jazzy feel. Once again, the lyric themes shifted away from known territory and began to reflect the changed situation, drugs, alcohol, sex, women, money gained major importance, life in wintry ghettos and anonymous housing schemes contributed its share: Chicago Blues was born.

Tracklist:

  1. " I'm Moving Up (Chicago Blues) - 4.30
  2. " Maxwell Street - 4.39
  3. " Bob Taylor - 5.15
  4. " She's A Whole Heap Of Trouble - 2.30
  5. " Jazzy Blue - 3.24
  6. " Hip-Sway - 3.39
  7. " That's The Way It Goes - 3.32
  8. " To Get Your Love - 5.07
  9. " Chicago Morning - 4.56
  10. " Catwalk Woman - 3.35
  11. " Since You've Been Gone - 4.09
  12. " All Night Long - 5.27
  13. " Here She Come Now - 4.14

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