as requested by Abby
Originally posted Saturday, March 22, 2014
J.B. Lenoir, Sunnyland Slim & Friends - Nina's Lounge
Chicago 1963
Soundboard Recording @ 256
{Rare and Out of Print}
Chicago, 1963, Nina's Lounge on the West Side. A small club with a little homemade stage in the corner & an old upright piano off to the left of the stage. Not as well known as Pepper's, Sylvio's, or Teresa's, Nina's was the center of Chicago blues on July 9, 1963. Norman Dayron, student at the University of Chicago, armed with an Ampex tape recorder and a pair of Electro Voice mics placed just right, recorded this exceptional night of blues. On piano, Sunnyland Slim,On guitar J. B Lenoir. Eighteen tunes, one hour, and done. Helping on vocals John Lee Granderson, doing three tunes. Sunnyland & JB split the vocals on the rest. Sneakin' in from the alley, on guitar, Mike Bloomfield. You are sittin' first row. You are there. Live Blues gets no better then this. As intimate a CD as I have heard in a long time. Sunnyland & JB playin' & preaching the blues, as uncomplicated as it gets. WARNING, this is an acoustic CD. This is one helluva good live performance.
~Stephen McClaning
Set List:
1. Harlem Can't Be Heaven
2. I Want to Know
3. It's You Baby
4. Brown Skin Woman
5. Lend Me Your Love
6. J.B.'s Harp-Rack Blues
7. Piney Brown Blues
8. For You, My Love
9. My Dear Old Mother
10. I Had My Trouble
11. J.L.'s Blues
12. Everything's Gonna Be Alright
13. That's All Right
14. Louise
15. Mojo Boogie
16. The Devil Is a Busy Man
17. Worried Life Blues
18. Sunnyland Blues
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Live '63