All Star Blues Jam - Bob Margolin

My introduction to this album was when I saw these musicians playing it live at the Union Chapel two or three years back, Pinetop Perkins was 91 at the time and played like a young man. The rest of the Band comprised Bob Margolin, Hubert Sumlin, Carey Bell, Tom "Mookie" Brill and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith. Many of these tracks need no introduction to die hard blues fans, they have been covered by artists such as Van Morrison, Ray Charles, Johnny Winter, Ike and Tina Turner, Free , Buddy Guy, B.B.King and Eric Clapton, the others were penned by the members of the band, whether old or new they are songs played by an excellent band the ...  Read the complete review