Blues Hit Big Town is a Blues album by Junior Wells, originally released in 1977. On Gatefold: 11 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Blues
- Chicago & Electric Blues
- raw
- intense
- bluesy
About
He was one bad dude, strutting across the stage like a harp-toting gangster, mesmerizing the crowd with his tough-guy antics and rib-sticking Chicago blues attack. Amazingly, Junior Wells kept at precisely this sort of thing for over 40 years — he was an active performer from the dawn of the 1950s to his death in the late ’90s. Born in Memphis, Wells learned his earliest harp licks from another future legend, Little Junior Parker, before he came to Chicago at age 12. In 1950, the teenager passed an impromptu audition for guitarists Louis and David Myers at a house party .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Hoodoo Man
- A2Cut That Out
- A3Junior's Wail
- A4Tomorrow Night
- A5Ways Like An Angel
- A6Eagle Rock
Side B
- B1Blues Hit Big Town -- Slow
- B2Lord, Lord (Lawdy! Lawdy!)
- B3'Bout The Break Of Day
- B4Please Throw This Poor Dog A Bone
- B5So All Alone
- B6Blues Hit Big Town -- Fast
Credits
Performers
- Junior WellsVOCALS HARMONICA
- Willie DixonACOUSTIC BASS BASS
- Fred BelowDRUMS
- Odie PayneDRUMS
- Dave MyersGUITAR BASS BASS GUITAR
- Elmore JamesGUITAR
- Louis MyersGUITAR
- Muddy WatersGUITAR
- Little Johnny JonesPIANO
- Otis SpannPIANO
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 11 pressings tracked on Gatefold