Legendary and historical singer, guitar and piano player and one of the greatest and original representatives of St Louis blues sound Henry Townsend gives us seventeen superb blues recorded live in 1980 while he was touring Austria, thanks to the priceless work of Austrian label Wolf Records In this album Townsend alternates guitar with piano, playing in the real thirties honky-tonk style and he does it with a mastery natural and restrained way, filled with a sincere legitimacy only the true masters and pioneers can do, because they not only are part of the blues history, but also gather the unique and dynamic essence which makes them be different from other musicians In short words, they are the Blues with capital letters where Henry’s name shines as part of the living blues history Simply let me give a brief comment on this artist Henry died nine years ago but he remained active until the last days of his life, playing in different festivals and other venues Henry Townsend played and recorded with John Lee Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Lee McCoy and Big Joe Williams After the World War II he worked with Roosevelt Sykes and his wife Vernell Townsend This album is a unique unrepeatable document of a kind of blues that unfortunately nowadays has already disappeared