Henry Gray & Bob Corritore Sessions Vol1 “Blues Won’t Let Me Take My Rest”

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    Artista / Grupo: Henry Gray & Bob Corritore Sessions Vol1

    Álbum: Blues Won’t Let Me Take My Rest

    Discográfica: Delta Groove

    Año publicación: 2015

    Fecha crítica: 11/2015

    Valoración: ESSENTIAL

Aged ninety years, piano player and singer Henry Gray is one of the last living legends of the blues He is especially known as Howlin’ Wolf’s piano player he played with for many years, although he has also participated in recordings of Chicago blues most representative artists as Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter or Bo Diddley Henry Gray also appeared in one of the documentaries series Martin Scorsese devoted to the blues More recently he has collaborated in recordings with Floyd Dixon, Pinetop Perkins and Fred Kaplan Since 1996 he started a great relationship and musical cooperation with harmonica player, producer, dj, fan, lover and involved in everything related with the blues, Mr Bob Corritore, a man who has devoted his life and follows on working to preserve the blues in all its forms and shapes Bob decided the best way to celebrate his friend’s ninety birthday anniversary, was to produce this album that includes fourteen songs from his particular collection he has gathered over the years Among these fourteen jewels we will find Henry and Bob playing with such great luminaries like Robert Jr Lockwood, Bob Margolin, John Brim, Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith, Kid Ramos, Kirk Fletcher, Nappy Brown or Tail Dragger among others This is a bedside album for any blues fan



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