I'll start with an apology. I'm lacking inspiration , new material and no ideas for new series'(suggestions welcomed!). Therefore The Blues Collection and Blog Countries are likely to appear more frequently than I, and I suspect you, would like until I get some new material.
I did get The Hanging Stars new album Just A Day which is excellent but probably to new to feature.
I still have half a dozen of the Blues Collection to subject you to following my recent excursions to Missing Records.
I'll start with the lowest number which is Jimmy Rogers with That's All Right - number 54 in the series.
The blurb in the inner sleeve reads Teamwork characterises Jimmy Rogers' numbers ,with everyone present contributing equally to the overall sound. As well as that, there is something else that is distinctive about his music. As Mike Rowe, historian of Chicago Blues (an excellent job!) remarks "you can guess what his record collection was"
His songs are full of references to the blues records of his youth, or ones made by older role-models in Chicago. But they are never simply cover versions . Rogers gives them a distinctive shape and weight that makes them at least jointly his.
One pound well spent!
No complaints here, but maybe this can give you some ideas:
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