Various Artists - A walk on the blues side

Experience the best in blues with this 2 disc, 34 track collection. From the current hot artists in this field such as Susan Tedeschi and Joan Osborne, through to the greats from the past such as Taj Mahal and Bo Diddley, “A Walk on the Blues Side” is the ultimate blues experience spanning the many generations of blues.
The line up reads as a who’s who of the music business with English artists Robert Palmer, Spencer Davis, Alexis Korner and a very young Robert Palmer standing tall with Stateside names like the Band, Leon Russell and Edgar Winter not to mention The legendary bluesmen such as Eric Gales, Willie Kent, Robert Cray, and Koko Taylor.
At first glance you might not associate all the artists featured on this double set with the blues, but as you will hear they were all they can all play the blues and were undoubtedly influenced by this music in their formative musical years.

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Track-Listing - CD 1:

1.The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Hard Knock
2.Susan Tedeschi – ‘Til I found you
3.Robert Cray – Back door slam
4.Koko Taylor – Blues Power
5.Robert Palmer – Crazy Cajun Cakewalk Band
6.Taj Mahal – It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry
7.Joan Osborne – The Weight
8.The Band – Last Train to Memphis
9.The Dixie Hummingbirds – Slow moving train
10. Bo Diddley – Before you accuse me
11. Lu Ann Barton – One good man
12. Eric Gales – Custard Pie
13. Alexis Korner – Get off my cloud
14. Blind Boys of Alabama – No Dope
15. Francine Reed – I goota a right to sing the Blues
16. Tracy Nelson – What good does drinking do
17. Spencer Davis Group – When a Man Loves a Woman

Track-Listing - CD 2:

1.The Band – White Cadillac (Ode to Ronnie Hawkins)
2.Joan Osborne – Bold as Love
3.Robert Palmer – I need your Love so bad
4.Leon Russell – Watching the River Flow
5.Robert Cray – Survivor
6.Cissy Houston – How sweet it is
7.Joe Tex – I believe I’m  going to make it
8.Eric Gales - Trampled under foot
9.Robert Lockwood Jnr. – Bring it on Home (Part 1)
10.Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown – Ventilator Blues
11.Francine Reed – A Touch of Love
12.Edgar Winter – We can win
13.Lynn Jordan – Turtle Blues
14.Bobby Womack – It’s all over now
15.Slim & the Supreme Angels – People get ready
16.Willie Kent – Trouble in mind
17.Alexis Korner & Robert Plant – Steal away.