Styles: Modern Electric Chicago Blues
Recorded: 1983/1984
Released: 1983/1984
File: mp3 @ 320 k/s (Vinyl Ripp!)
Size: 174.71 MB
Time: 74:16
Art: Full
1. For You My Love (2:48)
2. I Can't Stop (4:27)
3. When The Cat Is Gone (2:20)
4. Take A Walk With Me (3:29)
5. You Can't Lose What You Never Had (4:37)
6. Snake In My Bedroom (2:15)
7. 'Bout The Break Of Day (4:32)
8. Doing The Dishes (2:50)
9. Blues For An Unhappy Girl (5:56)
10. You Got To Notify Your Lover (3:25)
11. Fine Body (4:04)
12. Tribute To Walter Horton (2:40)
13. Bad Boy (2:57)
14. SGoing Down Slow (3:48)
15. How Long (2:27)
16. Left Handed Woman (4:07)
17. Pee Wee's Boogie (2:04)
18. Tough Times (3:18)
19. My Daddy Was A Jockey (2:49)
20. West Helena Woman (4:42)
21. Got A Thing Goin' On (2:16)
22. True Love (2:25)
Personnel: Sven 'Pee Wee' ZETTERBERG - Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
SUNNYLAND SLIM - Piano, Vocals
Knut REIERSRUD - Guitar
Tor Einar Jacobsen - Guitar, Bass
'Hungry John' Bernes - Vocals
Kristine Berglund, Zora Young - Vocals
Slim Notini - Piano
Johnny Oakland - Organ
Jan Eric Salater, Bob Stroger - Bass
S.P. Leary, Ray 'Killer' Allison, Carsten Loly - Drums
and others...
Notes: CHICAGO BLUES MEETING: It was started in 1983 when a group of Scandinavian musicians went to Chicago. The plan was to work there, play with American musicians and have recorded a record with American musicians. Before departure was made agreements with the legendary Chess studios, studio where Muddy Waters, Howlin 'Wolf, Chuck Berry and others had made their recordings.
Several of Chicago's leading musicians were contacted with a request for participation in the recording, including "The Grand Old Man of Chicago," 80-year-old Sunnyland Slim on piano and vocals. SunnyLand was the man who was responsible for the launch of Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry, and he had a long solo career. A career actually dates back to the 20's. Otherwise, the team found the former drummer for Muddy, S.P. Leary and Bob Stroger (ex. Otis Rush) played the bass.
This session'en brought for "Blues Meeting In Chicago".
Album was released by Strawberry Records on 1983, received very good reviews when it came out, both at home and abroad.
The Scandinavian tribe on the recording in Chicago consisted of Knut Reiersrud, Sven Zetterberg, John Magnar "Hungry John" Bernes and Tor Einar "Daumann" Jacobsen.
The stay was very successful and the American musicians were invited on the next year, to Norway and Scandinavia, for a month long tour. The crew was the same as in Chicago, with the exception of drum space. Here was Buddy Guy's right hand, Ray "Killer" Allison, over all.
Also, the tour went very well, and LP # 2 was recorded. It was LP "Chicago Blues Meeting" 1984 of Strawberry Records with Knut Reiersrud. This time in Norway and international press lavished recording with superlatives.
LP # 3, "Snake In My Bedroom" with the same lineup as the previous one, published in the famous British company Red Lightning and distributed worldwide. To released have two added bonus track.
German Cross Cut records described the disc as the best blues LP ever released in Europe.(sic!!!)
The time has passed and the Chicago Blues Meeting has been resurrected with new members. Repertoire alternates between blues and soul, and with Darryl McDade as vocalist band is right up there in the top league of the current Scandinavian blues. The band poses in Vanse Saturday with eight crew. So here it is cramped for space both on stage and in the concert hall. The musicians are with now besides vocalist McDade, Tor Einar "Daumann" Jacobsen (guitar), Bruce Rasmussen (drums), Wallen Mjaland (bass) and Vidar Bo (piano). In addition, they brought their own horn section called The Fat Back Horn's. This consists of Tore Brathen, Havard putty box.
And now we have ripp of full tracks from Red Lightning-0073 (1988) titled "Snake In My Bedroom" and from "Chicago Blues Meeting" from Strawbery LP on 1984. But you must know - this is not my choice of ripp from this two vinyl's.
This is great example of colaborating by scandinavian musicians with chicago blues legends and this is GREAT MUSIC!
A little precision information will be warmly welcome :-)
This post I dedicated to our close friend of Scandinavian blues, one and only - MrWalker - Thank you Man!
Snake In My Beedrom/Blues Meeting In Chicago
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