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Track Listing
1. Odun De
2. Niwah Wechi
3. Blood Done Signed My Name
4. I'm Gonna Do What the Spirit Says Do
5. I've Been Living With the Blues
6. Blues Man - (featuring Tal Mahal)
7. My Man Rocks Me
8. St. Louis Blues
9. Walkin' Blues
10. Cross Road Blues
11. I Know I've Been Changed
12. Children, Your Line Is Draggin'
13. Catch on Fire
14. Let the Good Times Roll
15. Sweet Home Chicago - (featuring Buddy Guy)
16. Someone Else Is Steppin' In - (featuring Johnny Lang)
17. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - (featuring B.B. King/Taj Mahal)
18. Thrill Is Gone, The - (featuring Johnny Lang)
19. Fever
20. Good Night, Irene
21. Members Only - (featuring Andrae Crouch)
Album Notes
This is an enhanced audio CD, which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
IT AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT THE BLUES includes booklet with historical photos.
Principal Cast: Gretha Boston, Carter Calvert, Eloise Laws, Gregory Porter, C.E. Smith, Ron Taylor, Dan Wheetman.
Additional personnel: Andrae Crouch, Andrae Crouch Singers (vocals); Taj Mahal (spoken vocals, harmonica); Whoopi Goldberg, Ron Taylor (spoken vocals); B.B. King, Johnny Lang, Andrew Rollins (guitar); Tal Mahal (harmonica); Spencer Proffer, Francis Buckley, Andrew Rollins, Jim Cox, Randy Jackson, Brian Kilgore, Tim Pierce.
Principally recorded live at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York, New York in August 1999. Includes liner notes by Dan Wheetman, "Mississippi" Charles Bevel, Ron Taylor & Spencer D. Proffer.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
IT AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT THE BLUES is a collection of 21 tracks from the roof-raising hit musical of the same name that was nominated for four Tony Awards, including Best Musical. This recording features the original cast in addition to special guest performances from some of the era's contemporary blues masters.
The standout performances include "Sweet Home Chicago," which features Buddy Guy on guitar; "The Thrill Is Gone," featuring Johnny Lang on guitar; and "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man," which features B.B. King on guitar. Guest musician Taj Mahal blows fiery harmonica into "Blues Man." The album is one of the most cleanly recorded and invigorating live recordings in recent memory. A must for any fan of the blues!
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