Junior Wells (December 9, 1934 – January 15, 1998[1]), born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr., was a blues vocalist and harmonica player based in Chicago, who was famous for playing with Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, The Rolling Stones and Van Morrison.
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here are a few songs from a 1972 album buddy recorded with the late, great junior wells entitled buddy guy & junior wells play the blues...it was produced by eric clapton, tom dowd & ahmet ertegun, & clapton plays rhythm guitar throughout (save for a couple tracks cut with the j. geils band)...dr. john also shows up to play piano on "t-bone shuffle", but you can hardly hear him over buddy.
While doing some research on a Rolling Stone's song I came across the mp3 album Songs Of The Rolling Stones: All Blues'd Up!.
I'm not sure how this album slipped under my radar, but I missed it back when it was released in July 9th, 2002.
And I would like to present it to you today, because I love how it highlights the blues music of the Rolling Stones and because their songs are performed by some great blues musicians.
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To continue the series of great Delmark products, Delmark Records' 55th anniversary, 55 Years Of Blues will include one CD and one DVD.
The CD features music by such acclaimed Chicago blues artists as Junior Wells, Otis Rush, Magic Sam, Speckled Red, and others.
The DVD features video from previous Delmark video releases by folks like Little Arthur, Dave Specter and Byther Smith. It will also include a performance from the anniversary celebration held last March at Buddy Guy's Legends club, Chicago blues legend Zora Young performing "Til The Fat Lady Sings" with Lurrie Bell. (Release date: 10/21/08)
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here are a few songs from a 1972 album buddy recorded with the late, great junior wells entitled buddy guy & junior wells play the blues...it was produced by eric clapton, tom dowd & ahmet ertegun, & clapton plays rhythm guitar throughout (save for a couple tracks cut with the j. geils band)...dr. john also shows up to play piano on "t-bone shuffle", but you can hardly hear him over buddy.
... I call it messing with the Kid.
Mike Bloomfield and Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid
Here is my list of my top 10 favorite blues harmonica players. In loose order, the people listed below #6 can change depending on my mood, the first five guys are set in stone in my opinion. Feel free to leave me a comment with your top 10 favorites.
01. Sonny Boy Williamson II (Alek Rice Miller)
02. Lil Walter
03. Sonny Terry
04. Junior Wells
05. Sonny Boy Williamson I
06. Jimmy Reed
07. James Cotton
08. Charlie Musselwhite
09. Sugar Blue
10. Big Walter Horton
