FEATURING HOLLYWOOD FATS, JR. WATSON, KIRK FLETCHER, BIG AL BLAKE, FRED KAPLAN, LARRY TAYLOR & RICHARD INNES. This deluxe 2 cd set features one disc of NEW recordings of the Hollywood Blue Flames with KIRK FLETCHER & JR. WATSON and special guest KIM WILSON. Having played together for over 25 years, it's no surprise that this set is as solid as a rock. With the bright and always inventive KIRK FLETCHER featured on most tracks and KIM WILSON as special guest, this is as good as contemporary blues gets....period. DISC 2 features VINTAGE LIVE recordings of the FATS BAND in their prime from 1979-1985. Many of these tracks have traded hands in blues circles for a couple decades, but it's great to hear them re-mastered and super clean. The set opens with a live recording done by BLUEBEAT owner, Charlie Lange in Felton, California with the PALADINS as the rhythm section in 1985, as well as some stellar support to blues giants EDDIE "CLEANHEAD" VINSON (from Monterey Jazz Festival) and ROY BROWN. ****************************************************************************************** Disc 1. HOLLYWOOD BLUE FLAMES (1996-2006) 1. Road To Rio 2. Everybody's Blues 3. Coffee Grinding Man 4. Steady Rollin' 5. Long Black Cadillac 6. Gumbo Grinder 7. Gone Away (featuring KIM WILSON) 8.3rd Degree Burn 9. Let's Rock Awhile 10. Dr. Blake's Boogie 11. Black Chili Pepper 12. Sharpest Man In Town 13. Junior's Boogie Rocket (featuring JR. WATSON) 14. Let Me Love You (featuring JR. WATSON) 15. The Honeydripper (featuring JR. WATSON) Disc 2. HOLLYWOOD FATS BAND (1979-1985) 1. Fats Fries One (with THE PALADINS) 2. Nasty Boogie Woogie 3. Baby Let's Play House 4. Sidetracked 5. Kidney Stew Blues (with CLEANHEAD VINSON) 6. Cleanhead Blues (with CLEANHEAD VINSON) 7. Shake Rattle & Roll 8. Rockinitis 9. This Little ZVoice 10. Love For Sale (with ROY BROWN) 11. Boogie Woogie Blues (with ROY BROWN) 12. Motel Time
