Jul 2002 Various Artists “Blue Xmas”
Artista / Grupo: Various Artists
Álbum: Blue Xmas
Discográfica: Evidence
Año publicación:
Fecha crítica: 7/2002
Valoración: ESSENTIAL
Superb selection of Christmas blues with the peculiarity that all are instrumentals, that is to say, there is no singing on them Among the artists who perform those Blue Christmas songs you will find Sugar Blue, Tommy Castro, Roy Gaines, Barry Goldberg, Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Charlie Musselwhite, Paul Oscher, Roy Rogers, Otis Rush, Son Seals, Guitar Shorty, Walter Trout, Joe Louis Walker, Kim Wilson, Rusty Zinn and many others As one will immediately realize, the quality is out of doubt The cd gives amazing contemporary versions of Christmas blues together with old classic ones, all performed in blues language It also gives us the opportunity to enjoy all together many blues musicians that normally play in different bands In short words, it is an historical cd to enjoy many times along many, many, may years