Alligator Records rightfully won raves for this series, arguably the greatest modern blues collections out there. Volume four features Detroit Junior ("Some Nerve," "I Got Money"), Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson ("Somebody Have Mercy," "Look What You Done"), Big Leon Brooks ("Country Boy," "My Life Ain't the Same"), Andrew Brown ("Two Years"), Queen Sylvia Embry ("Going Upstairs")...19 tracks, many maddeningly hard to find! Alligator.
5 Somebody Have Mercy - Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson
6 Got to Have Money - Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson
7 Just Like Mama Said - Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson
8 Look What You Done - Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson
9 Going Upstairs - Queen Sylvia Embry
10 Blues This Morning - Queen Sylvia Embry
11 Tired of Being Pushed Around - Queen Sylvia Embry
12 Please Let Me Stay - Queen Sylvia Embry
13 Blues for a Real Man - Big Leon Brooks' Blues Harp Band
14 Thirteen Years in Prison - Big Leon Brooks' Blues Harp Band
15 Country Boy - Big Leon Brooks' Blues Harp Band
16 My Life Ain't the Same - Big Leon Brooks' Blues Harp Band
17 I Got News for You - Andrew Brown
18 Morning, Noon and Night - Andrew Brown
19 Two Years - Andrew Brown
Alligator Records rightfully won raves for this series, arguably the greatest modern blues collections out there. Volume four features Detroit Junior ("Some Nerve," "I Got Money"), Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson ("Somebody Have Mercy," "Look What You Done"), Big Leon Brooks ("Country Boy," "My Life Ain't the Same"), Andrew Brown ("Two Years"), Queen Sylvia Embry ("Going Upstairs")...19 tracks, many maddeningly hard to find! Alligator.