Name: Deluxe Edition
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SKU: 52898
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Deluxe Edition

Rating

Album: Deluxe Edition
#	Song Title		Time
1)	River Hip Mama	More Info...	0:04
2)	Mean Ole Frisco	More Info...	0:03
3)	Blues Got Me Again	More Info...	0:04
4)	Bedside of a Neighbor	More Info...	0:02
5)	When It Rains It Pours	More Info...	0:04
6)	Lotsa Poppa	More Info...	0:03
7)	Movin' and Groovin'	More Info...	0:05
8)	.38 Special	More Info...	0:08
9)	Mama Long Legs	More Info...	0:05
10)	The Blues Overtook Me	More Info...	0:04
11)	My Road Lies in Darkness	More Info...	0:02
12)	If I Should Have Bad Luck	More Info...	0:04
13)	Make My Getaway	More Info...	0:03
14)	Newport News Blues	More Info...	0:04

Album: Deluxe Edition
#	Song Title		Time
1)	River Hip Mama	More Info...	0:04
2)	Mean Ole Frisco	More Info...	0:03
3)	Blues Got Me Again	More Info...	0:04
4)	Bedside of a Neighbor	More Info...	0:02
5)	When It Rains It Pours	More Info...	0:04
6)	Lotsa Poppa	More Info...	0:03
7)	Movin' and Groovin'	More Info...	0:05
8)	.38 Special	More Info...	0:08
9)	Mama Long Legs	More Info...	0:05
10)	The Blues Overtook Me	More Info...	0:04
11)	My Road Lies in Darkness	More Info...	0:02
12)	If I Should Have Bad Luck	More Info...	0:04
13)	Make My Getaway	More Info...	0:03
14)	Newport News Blues	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

Personnel: Charlie Musselwhite (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Charlie Musselwhite; Clarence Fountain, Curtis Foster, Jimmy Carter , Will Shade, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Bobby Butler (vocals); Michael "Junior" Watson, Mike Watson (guitar); Lenny Pickett (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Lew Soloff (trumpet); Art Baron (trombone); Artis Joyce (bass guitar); Stephen Hodges, Steven Hodges (drums); Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones (guitar); Gene Taylor (piano); Tommy Hill (drums).
Additional personnel: The Blind Boys of Alabama.
Audio Mixers: Charlie Musselwhite; Jim Capfer; Jay Shilliday; Sam Fishkin; Samuel Lehmer; Bruce Iglauer.
Audio Remasterers: Dan Stout; Bruce Iglauer.
Liner Note Author: Bruce Iglauer.
Recording information: Editel, San Francisco, CA (1994); Music Annex, Menlo Park, CA (1994); Russian Hill Recording, San Francisco, CA (1994); Sear Sound Studios, New York, NY (1994); Studio D, Sausalito, CA (1994); The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA (1994).
Photographers: Caroline Scott; Chuck Winans; Peter Amft; David Horowitz; Dave Leucinger; Jerome Petit Jacques; John DeLeon; Henri Musselwhite; Robert Whitall; Dean Reynolds; Joseph A. Rosen.
Calling this retrospective by Charlie Musselwhite a "deluxe edition" may be a little misleading. Twelve of the album's 14 tracks come from three albums he recorded for Alligator in the early '90s. There are four each from Ace of Harps (1990), Signature (1991), and In My Time (1993). The sequencing is beautifully done and representative. The true curiosities are two unissued cuts. The first is "Lotsa Poppa," an outtake from the In My Time sessions. The cut itself isn't such a revelation, but Musselwhite's harp playing and singing is. His delivery is signature in that he is always slow and relaxed yet just underneath. There in the grain of his voice is something else, something that smolders. The final cut here is from Musselwhite's private collection of tapes and it was recorded at home in the early '60s. It features the legendary Will Shade instructing a very young Musselwhite on guitar and singing with him. It's ragged but moving and poetic. This is priceless archival blues history and is a fine bookend. Hopefully this will inspire the bluesman to find a venue to release more of his personal archives in the future. ~ Thom Jurek

Professional Reviews

Dirty Linen (p.83) - "A master harp player, he's nearly unequaled as a stylist....His contributions to the genre and his persistence in churning out album after enjoyable album make him a journeyman without match."