Jan 2021 Henry Gray & Bob Corritore “Cold Childs”
Artista / Grupo: Henry Gray & Bob Corritore
Álbum: Cold Childs
Discográfica: Vizztone
Año publicación: 2020
Fecha crítica: 1/2021
Valoración: ESSENTIAL
Piano player and singer Henry Gray was especially known for his many years work as piano player in Howlin’ Wolf’s band, although he also participated in different recordings with the most famous Chicago blues artists like Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter or Bo Diddley Gray also appeared in one of Martin Scorsese’s blues documentaries It is also worth to mention his collaborations with Floyd Dixon, Pinetop Perkins and Fred Kaplan In 1996 he started a fruitful relationship and collaboration with harmonica player, producer, dj, lover, follower and deep connoisseur of everything related with blues music Mr Bob Corritore, a man who has devoted and still devotes his life to preserve the blues in all forms and facets This is the second volume released with the sessions Bob Corritore recorded with Gray several years ago, which are preserved in Corritore’s vast archives Among the musicians involved you will find such bright names like Eddie Taylor Jr, Kirk Fletcher, Jimmy ‘Primetime’ Smith, Patrick Ryan, Johnny Rapp, Illinois Slim, Steve Cushing, Bob Margolin, John Brim, Robert Lockwood Jr, Bob Stroger or Pops McFarlane to complete more than twenty deluxe collaborations Like the previous two albums, this is also a recording that should be present in every record collection of any blues lover