Rolling Stone (p.74) - "[B]oth vintage Wells and historical fun: a rare document of electric Chicago, up close and personal."
Rolling Stone (p.107) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[H]ere's the man in charge at his favorite South Side haunt....Wells is the king of a tiny realm that held forty customers. That time is gone. Here's a hint of how it felt."
Down Beat (p.62) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Relaxed and informal in its intensity and in its meeting of the blues and James Brown funk..."
Dirty Linen (p.76) - "[T]wo nights of Wells at his peak in 1975 are preserved in LIVE AT THERESA'S, one of the year's best historic blues recordings."
No Depression (p.104) - "[T]his has to be one of the most effectively you-are-there live albums ever recorded."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.95) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t vividly catches the ambience of two gigs at his favourite Chicago club."
Personnel include: Junior Wells (vocals, harmonica); Byther Smith (vocals, guitar); Phil Guy, Sammy Lawhorn (guitar); Earnest Johnson (bass guitar); Vince Chapelle, Levi Warren (drums).
Liner Note Author: Steve Tomashefsky.
Recording information: 01/10/1975; 01/13/1975.
The great Chicago harmonica player and singer Junior Wells performs some of his best-known songs in what had become by the mid-1970s his second home, the South Side blues club Theresa's. Scorching versions of "Little By Little," "Scratch My Back," and "Key to the Highway" are included, as well as his own "Messin' With the Kid."