Universal Blues is the debut album by Chicago-based rock band The Redwalls, released in the United States on November 18, 2003 through Undertow Music. In 2007, the band re-released Universal Blues on Princeton Lane Records with six bonus tracks from early band demos. These original demos launched a major label bidding war over the band, which eventually landed the group on Capitol Records.
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