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Corey Harris, Henry Butler: Vu Du Menz

by Ed Kopp
May 1, 2000

Critics and musicians routinely refer to veteran New Orleans pianist Henry Butler as “a genius." An eclectic virtuoso who’s studied everything from avant-garde jazz to opera to New Orleans R&B, Butler plays piano like he has four hands instead of two. As talented as Butler is, I’ve preferred his jazz and R&B albums to his blues ...

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Coco Montoya: Suspicion

by Ed Kopp
February 1, 2000

Coco Montoya is a guitar-wielding blues-rocker whose voice and songs are indistinguishable from those of a hundred other blues-rockers. But when Montoya launches into one of his extended guitar solos, you just can't help but crank that volume knob. By the end of the CD you’re hopping around the room playing air guitar while the neighbors ...

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Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers

By Hound Dog Taylor

Label: Alligator Records
Released: 1999

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William Clarke: Deluxe Edition

By William Clarke

Label: Alligator Records
Released: 1999

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Greens From The Garden

By Corey Harris

Label: Alligator Records
Released: 1999

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The Skin I'm In

By Elvin Bishop

Label: Alligator Records
Released: 1999

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Swinging From The Rafters

By Long John Hunter

Label: Alligator Records
Released: 1999

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Katie Webster: Deluxe Edition

By Katie Webster

Label: Alligator Records
Released: 1999

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Corey Harris: Greens From The Garden

by Ed Kopp
September 1, 1999

Now here's something you rarely find in the blues bin: a concept album.New Orleans resident and country bluesman Corey Harris relates music to nourishment on Greens From the Garden, his third and best release. Like sumptuous courses at a great Southern feast, there's a variety of sustaining musical styles on Greens. Harris's tunes are ...

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Long John Hunter: Swinging From The Rafters

by Ed Kopp
August 1, 1999

Here's a fine collection of 14 blues originals featuring some hot Texas guitar playing and great pumping horns. Long John Hunter is a Louisiana native who lives in El Paso, Tex., where he's become something of a border blues legend. Hunter worked in a box factory until 1953 when a B.B. King performance inspired him to ...