This is the third volume of Chicago Blues post-war down home blues music from the collection of the late Pete Moody. 108 tracks of rare, unissued or alternate takes of blues recorded in Chicago from 1941 through to 1961. Included in the digi pak set is a 88-page book by blues historian Chris Bentley on the post-war Chicago scene with many rare period photographs plus full track details, as well as full sessionography detailing the where, when and who of the recordings, compiled by blues expert Mike Rowe.
CD1 sets the scene with the established pre-war bluesmen such as Robert Lockwood Jr and Sonny Boy Williamson, CD2 charts the rise of the amplified electric blues bands immediately following the second world war - such as in never-before-issued Chess recordings of Johnny Temple. CD3 continues the Muddy Waters sequence started on CD2 - and introduces Little Hudson, JB Lenoir and Eddie Taylor. CD4 is rounded off by some largely unknown and unheralded artists including Grover Pruitt, Lucky Carmichael & Minnie Thomas. These obscure blues gems will be unfamiliar to you and even if your knowledge of blues is encyclopedic you won't have heard of several of the performers.