Box Of The Blues (Box Set) (CD)

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• Release Date: August 26, 2003
• Label: Rounder Records
• UPC: 011661217126
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Mojo (Publisher) (12/03, p.128) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[A] giant bottle of cask-strength music with which to toast the last weeks of the Year Of The Blues - and long afterwards."

Personnel: Duke Robillard (vocals, guitar, electric guitar); Robert Nighthawk (vocals, guitar, slide guitar); Corey Harris (vocals, guitar, lap steel guitar); David Honeyboy Edwards (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Edward Forehand (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Chris Duarte, Etta Baker, Geoff Muldaur, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown & His Guitar & Orchestra, Michael Tarbox, Robert Lee Wilson, J.B. Hutto, Little Jimmy King & The Memphis Soul Survivors, Jimmy Rogers , John Cephas, Johnny Copeland, Johnny Shines, Larry Davis, Lonesome Sundown, Lowell Fulson, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones, Phillip Walker, Ted Hawkins, Jewell "Babe" Stovall, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Wendell Holmes, Big Joe Williams, Bill "Boogie Bill" Webb (vocals, guitar); George Thorogood (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica); Blind Willie McTell (vocals, 12-string guitar); Johnny Young (vocals, mandolin); Daniel Kellar (vocals, violin); Sonny Boy Williamson, Sam Myers, Sugar Ray Norcia, Willie Cobbs, Buster Brown, Carey Bell (vocals, harmonica); Charles V. Brown, Marcia Ball, Otis Spann, Champion Jack Dupree (vocals, piano); Stuart Holmes (vocals, Wurlitzer organ); Popsy Dixon (vocals, drums); Paul Kelly, Ann Peebles (vocals, background vocals); Irma Thomas, Johnny Adams, Johnny Sciascia, Michelle Willson, Otis Clay, Ruth Brown, Solomon Burke, Terry Evans, Theryl DeClouet, Tracy Nelson, Wilson Pickett, Bnois King, Bobby King , Candye Kane (vocals); Michael Toles (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Thomas Bingham (guitar, background vocals); June Yamagishi, Chris Vachon, Danny Caron, Steve Wilcox, Kenn Lending, Eddy Clearwater, Steve "Syco Steve" Williams, Eugene Ross, Earl The Pearl, Jamal Millner, Frank Capek, Ken Pino, Jimmy Ponder, Jon Tiven, Little Milton, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges, Anson Funderburgh, Renard Poch‚, Rory Block, Ry Cooder, Stephen Bruton, Brian Bisesi (guitar); Cranston Clements (electric guitar); Herb Quinn (mandolin); Phil Wiggins, Sonny Terry (harmonica); Bill "Foots" Samuel (saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Andrew Love (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Chris Mason, David Li, David II (saxophone); Rich Lataille (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Thadeus Richard (alto saxophone, keyboards); Donald Harrison, Jr., Earl Turbinton, Joe Salisbury, Warren Bell, Ray Moore (alto saxophone); Gordon Beadle, Jim Spake (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Clarence Ford, Lannie McMIllian, Clifford Solomon, Tom Fitzpatrick , Dennis Taylor, Ed Petersen, Scott Shetler, Fred Kemp, Bob Mathes, Timothy Richardson, Jerry Harshaw, Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff, Alvin "Red" Tyler, Bill Easley, Paul Klemperer (tenor saxophone); Carl Blouin, Doug James, Red Rails, James Mitchell , Victor Goines (baritone saxophone); Terry Tullos (trumpet, flugelhorn); Wayne Jackson (trumpet, trombone); Brian Murray, Steve Smith , Barney Floyd, Laurence Etkin, Jamil Sharif, Stacy Cole, Mark Braud, Mary Thomas, Keith Winking, Glen MacArthur, Melvin Moore, Scott Thompson, Steve Howard, Abram Wilson, Bob Enos, Bobby Campo, Charlie Miller (trumpet); Al Basile (cornet); Ernie Gautreau (trombone, valve trombone); Randy Zimmerman, Steven Walker, Richard Martinez, Bruce Hammond, Alonzo Bowens, Maynard Chatters, John Touchy, Carl Querfurth (trombone); Ron Levy (piano, organ, synthesizer); Joe Krown, Charles Hodges (piano, organ); Craig Wroten (piano, keyboards); Jon Cleary (piano, synthesizer); John Street, Daryl Davis, Dave Limina, Tony West, James Rudy, Fred Hodges, Arthur Woods, Bob Riedy, Ernest Vantrease, Nathaniel Dove, Matt McCabe, Memphis Slim, Archie Turner, Bobby Forrester (piano); Ronnie Bramhall, Spooner Oldham, Charles "Chas" Hodges (organ); Llew Matthews, Sky Williams, Eugene Dacosta Cordew, Ken Vangel (keyboards); Willie Tee (synthesizer); Lloyd Lambert, Big Bill Broonzy, James Singleton (acoustic bass); John Packer , Chris Jones, Greg Willis, Buster Paterson (electric bass); George Journigan (5-string bass); John Cohan, Simon Kirke, Herman V. Ernest III (drums, percussion); Curtis Steele, Charles "Sugar Boy" Jones , Joey Vee, Robert Shipley, Doyle Bramhall, Richard "Hubcap" Robinson , Jeff Alexander , Spider Webb, Tom DeQuattro, David Lee , Danny Cochran, Tommy Tucker, Jr., Cedric Cowboy McCory, Franchot Blake, Jimmy "Blue Shoes" Pendleton, Rodney Craig, Robert Whitehead, Glen Rogers, Leroy Pina, Jim Keltner, John Rossi, Johnny Vidacovich, Akira Tana, Kerry Brown, S.P. Leary, Sam Lay, Shannon Powell, Tommy Hill , Wilbert "Junkyard Dog" Arnold, David Peters , Billy Kilson, Marty Richards, Howard Grimes, Sammy Creason, Gaylord Birch, Raymond Weber, Dwayne "Cook" Broadnax (drums); Scott Billington (cowbells); Cornell Williams, Ina Bea Walker, Donald Bryant, Charles Elam III, William "Billy" Brown, Jimmy Grisby, Cano, Earl J. Smith, Jr., Bertram Brown (background vocals).

Audio Mixers: David Farrell ; Eddie Kramer; Glenn Berger; Gregg Lunsford; Jared Tuten; Jeff Juliano ; John Nagy; John Paul Gauthier; Mark Linett; Miles Wilkinson; Paul Mufson; Phil Greene; Rob Jaczko; Steve Reynolds; Steve Rosenthal.

Audio Remixer: Bill Dashiell.

Liner Note Author: Scott Billington.

Recording information: 1750 Arch Street, Berkeley, CA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Arlyn Studios, Austin, TX (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Audio Dallas Recording Studio, Dallas, TX (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Blue Jay Studio, Carlisle, MARoseland (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Chico's Organic, Malibu, CA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Crosstown Recorders, Memphis, TN (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Dimension Sound Studios, Boston, MA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Dojo, Sperryville, VA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Eldorado Studio (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Grog Kill Studio, Willow, NY (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Haunted Hollow Studio, Charlottesville, VA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Hip Pocket Studios, New York, NY (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Lakewest Recording, West Greenwich, RI (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Music Lab, Los Angeles, CA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); My Generation Studio, Somerville, MA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood, CA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Pedernales Recording Studio (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Power Station New England, Sonalyst Studios, Waterford, (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Royal Recording Studios, Memphis, TN (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Sound Studio, Chicago, IL (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Southlake Recording Studio, Metairie, LA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Studio In The Country, Bogalusa, LA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Studio Six, Memphis, TN (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Studio Solo, Slidell, LA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Studoi 900, New York, NY (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Syncro Sound, Boston, MA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); The Magic Shop, Platinum Island, New York, NY (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); The Mixing Lab, Newton, MA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Tone Cool Studio, Newton, MA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Ultrasonic Studios, New Orleans, LA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); World Axis Studios, Austin, TX (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Your Place Or Mine Remote Recording, Glendale, CA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999).

Editor: Steve Reynolds.

Photographers: Chris Colbourn; Jennifer Esperanza; Birney Imes; Deni McIntyre; Kathy Chapman; Rick Olivier; Will McIntyre; Bill Crump.

Unknown Contributor Roles: Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets; The Holmes Brothers.

Arrangers: Una Gibney; Ken Vangel; Lowell Fulson; Ron Levy; Bill Easley.

Rounder's four-CD Box of the Blues is, by looking at its inclusion of tracks, seemingly an ambitious proposition. But looks can be deceiving. Compiled and introduced by vice president of A&R Scott Billington -- a man whose credentials, when it comes to fighting for and preserving blues traditions, are unassailable -- these discs become a kind of theme-oriented blur of Rounder's substantial catalog holdings. Billington's schemata are quirky, sometimes ironic, and sometimes downright scary and profound as the set's first and second discs' "61 Highway" and "One More Mile" attest. The first CD concentrates its energies on the revelation of blues as it came up from the Mississippi Delta in the music of Fred McDowell, Johnny Shines, Etta Baker, Blind Willie McTell, John Hurt, and others and mutated up north to Chicago with Otis Spann, Robert Nighthawk, and others. On disc two, the blues becomes a more regional concern as expressed by everyone from Gatemouth Brown to Jack Dupree to Willie Cobbs and J.B. Hutto. Texas and News Orleans are prominently featured. And disc four, being a mishmash of current styles, has its merits even if the strategy is hard to decipher -- perhaps it is only that Billington put his favorite cuts on the disc, which would make it plenty valid even if it is a careening listen. But "Change in the Pocket" is erratic in its presentations of traditional purveyors of the music from George Thorogood and Corey Harris to the Tarbox Ramblers and Roomful of Blues. Here everything feels willy-nilly and reeks of some kind of revisionism. But still, three out of four isn't bad and the price is right, too. This is no Grammy-deserving compilation, but there are some amazing things on it -- even if it feels like Rounder patting itself on the back and trying to cash in on Martin Scorsese's Presents the Blues series on PBS. ~ Thom Jurek

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