''All Star Chicago Blues Session'' is a compilation album by blues musician

Phil Guy Phil Guy (April 28, 1940 – August 20, 2008) was an American blues guitarist. He was the younger brother of blues guitarist Buddy Guy. Phil and Buddy Guy were frequent collaborators and contribute both guitar and vocal performances on many o ...

. It contains the full session that was recorded at the Soto Sound Studio in March 1982.

Background and recordings

and his brother

Buddy Guy George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues who has influenced generations of guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaugh ...

recorded a bunch of songs at the Soto Sound Studio in Chicago in March 1982. These tracks were separately released on Phil Guy’s albums,

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in 1982 and

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in 1983. “All Star Chicago Blues Session” is a combination of these two vinyls. The original tracks are remixed.

Track listing

# "Breakin' Out On Top" – 7:26 # "Texas Flood" – 5:46 # "Blues With A Feeling" – 6:22 # "Red Dress" – 4:11 # "Ice Around My Heart" – 8:55 # "Bad Luck Boy" – 9:11 # "Wine Head Woman" – 3:53* # "Skin & Bones / Money" – 8:25 # "Love Is Like Quicksand" – 5:04 # "Garbage Man Blues” – 4:42 Note *Track 5 was titled “Cold Feeling”, track 7 titled "Winehead" on the original vinyl.

Personnel

– guitar, vocals *

– guitar * Doug Williams – guitar * Professor Eddie Lusk – keyboards * J. W. Williams – bass * Ray Allison – drums * Maurice John Vaughn – saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 5–8) * Larry Cox – harmonica (tracks 3, 4)

References

{{Reflist 1994 compilation albums JSP Records albums