All Star Chicago Blues Session

All Star Chicago Blues Session is a compilation album by blues musician Phil Guy. It contains the full session that was recorded at the Soto Sound Studio in March 1982.

All Star Chicago Blues Session
Compilation album by
Released1994 (1994)
RecordedMarch 1982
StudioSoto Sound Studio, Chicago
GenreBlues
Length63:55
LabelJSP
ProducerPhil Guy

Background and recordings

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Phil Guy and his brother Buddy Guy 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, The Red Hot Blues of Phil Guy in 1982 and Bad Luck Boy in 1983. “All Star Chicago Blues Session” is a combination of these two vinyls. The original tracks are remixed.[1][2][3][4]

Track listing

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  1. "Breakin' Out On Top" – 7:26
  2. "Texas Flood" – 5:46
  3. "Blues With A Feeling" – 6:22
  4. "Red Dress" – 4:11
  5. "Ice Around My Heart" – 8:55
  6. "Bad Luck Boy" – 9:11
  7. "Wine Head Woman" – 3:53*
  8. "Skin & Bones / Money" – 8:25
  9. "Love Is Like Quicksand" – 5:04
  10. "Garbage Man Blues” – 4:42

Note

  • Track 5 was titled “Cold Feeling”, track 7 titled "Winehead" on the original vinyl.

Personnel

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  • Phil Guy – guitar, vocals
  • Buddy Guy – 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

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  1. ^ Phil Guy / All Star Chicago Blues Session / JSPCD 214
  2. ^ "Phil Guy – The Red Hot Blues Of Phil Guy". discogs.com.
  3. ^ "Phil Guy – Bad Luck Boy". discogs.com.
  4. ^ "Phil Guy – All Star Chicago Blues Session". discogs.com.