I don’t know if this has been mentioned on this site before or is simply old news, but when I was in the record store the other day (can I still call it a “record storeâ€?) I came across this CD, “Duane Allman’s Jukeboxâ€, which features great old blues songs that Duane and the Brothers recorded, done by the originals. Example -- I had heard Taj Mahal’s version of Statesboro Blues, but this was the first time I heard Blind Willie McTell’s version.
Others include Muddy Waters (Trouble No More, Hoochie Coochie Man), Elmore James (Done Somebody Wrong), T-Bone Walker (Stormy Monday), Willie Cobbs (You Don’t Love Me) and Sonny Boy Williamson (One Way Out). Again, I had never heard Willie Cobb’s or Sonny Boy Williamson’s version of those ABB tunes I love.
Other artists and songs on the CD that influenced Duane and that he covered at one time include Bobby Bland (Turn on Your Lovelight), Ray Charles (What’d I Say), Wilson Pickett (In the Midnight Hour), Howlin’Wolf (Spoonful), B.B. King (Sweet Little Angel), Little Walter (Mean Old World) and John Lee Hooker (Dimples). Other greats on the CD include Chuck Berry, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, King Curtis and even Jimi Hendrix.
It says on the CD cover that it’s not authorized by the estate of Duane Allman and it’s put out by some company in England called Chrome Dreams, but the packaging is first class and the tunes and the artists who play them are magical.
Sorry again if this is old news or if I sound like a commercial, but this CD is a lot of fun.
Thanks for listening…
Never heard of it before, but here is a track listing. Given all the artists included I doubt it is a legit commercial release, but it would make some great listening!
Original release:
CD: Chrome Dreams (UK) CDCD5104 (2014)
1. Turn On Your Love Light (Bobby Bland)
2. What'd I Say (Ray Charles)
3. In The Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett)
4. Spoonful (Howlin' Wolf)
5. Sweet Little Angel (B.B. King)
6. Statesboro Blues (Blind Willie McTell)
7. Nobody's Fault But Mine (Blind Willie Johnson)
8. No Money Down (Chuck Berry)
9. Trouble No More (Muddy Waters)
10. Mean Old World (Little Walter)
11. Freddie Freeloader (Miles Davis)
12. Giant Steps (John Coltrane)
13. Dimples (John Lee Hooker)
14. Hoochie Coochie Man (Muddy Waters)
15. Done Somebody Wrong (Elmore James)
16. Stormy Monday (T-Bone Walker)
17. You Don't Love Me (Willie Cobbs)
18. One Way Out (Sonny Boy Williamson)
19. Big Boss Man (Jimmy Reed)
20. Three-Four, The Blues (Hank Garland)
21. Goin' Down Slow (Champion Jack Dupree)
22. Soul Twist (King Curtis)
23. Hear My Train A-Comin' (Jimi Hendrix)
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I seem to recall some of these songs on DuanesAnthology
lp
I've heard of the jukebox. Seems similar to this set that has been traded for free here:
Venue: "Roots of the Allman Brothers Band"
Sets:
Media: CDR
Number: 1
Source:
Quality: A+
Notes: (79:00)
1 Don't Want you no more - Spencer Davis Group
2 Statesboro Blues - Taj Mahal
3 Trouble No More - Muddy Waters
4 Done Somebody Wrong - Elmore James
5 One Way Out - Sonny Boy Williamson
6 All Blues - Miles Davis
7 Stormy Monday Blues - Bobby Blue Bland
8 You Don't Love Me - Junior Wells
9 You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had - Muddy Waters
10 Come On In My Kitchen - Robert Johnson
11 Blues Around Midnight - Willie McTell
12 Going Down The Road Feeling Bad - Woodie Guthrie
13 I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
14 Oh, Pretty Woman - Albert King
15 Dimples - John Lee Hooker
16 I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town - Ray Charles
17 There Is A Mountain - Donovan
18 My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
19 The Sky Is Crying - Elmore James
20 Can The Circle Be Unbroken - The Original Carter Family
"The Roots Of....." is a series of CDs issued by the Complete Blues label and features the "roots" of such artists as Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Dylan, Clapton, Beatles, Stones, Rod Stewart etc.
They also produce excellent - and very low-cost - compilations of the likes of Blind Willie Johnston, Willie McTell, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charlie Patton, Son House, Bukka White etc so they are a serious label.
"The Roots of The ABB" (Complete Blues B001C0GYWA) was released in 2008 and has this tracklist:
Key to the Highway by Big Bill Broonzy
Lost Lover Blues by Blind Boy Fuller
Statesboro Blues by Blind Willie McTell
Stormy Monday Blues by T-Bone Walker
Sweet Little Angel by B. B. King
Smokestack Lightin' by Howlin Wolf
Trouble No More by Muddy Waters
Can't Stop Lovin by Elmore James
It Takes Time by Otis Rush
Deep Feeling by Chuck Berry
Need Your Love So Bad by Little Willie John
It's Too Late by Chuck Willis
I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town by Louis Jordan
Did You Ever Love a Women by B B King
Wild About You Baby by Elmore James
Mona by Bo Diddley
Hoochie Coochie Man by Muddy Waters
Orange Blossom Man by Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
San Antonio Rose by Bob Willis & His Texas Playboys
Nobody Knows You When You Are Down & Out by Bessie Smith
Tears by Django Reinhardt
Come On in My Kitchen (Take 2) by Robert Johnson
TB Blues by Jimmie Rodgers
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground by Blind Willie Johnson
Just another way to recycle some old tracks by attaching them to the name of, in this case, the ABB but at least some thought seems to have gone into the selection.
[Edited on 4/8/2016 by Shavian]
Correct jcb...as soon as I read the title of this post, I said to myself "wait i have a copy of something similar that was offered through a vine years ago" If I could find it, lol, I would offer it up
"The Roots Of....." is a series of CDs issued by the Complete Blues label and features the "roots" of such artists as Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Dylan, Clapton, Beatles, Stones, Rod Stewart etc.
[Edited on 4/8/2016 by Shavian]
I think someone gave me the Led Zeppelin one, which has some cool stuff on it. I think a few other "Roots of", it's a cool series.
I just chased down the Allmans-influenced material down myself. I figured it they dug it, I would dig it all, too.
Speaking of, Derek & Susan contributed a track to the Blind Willie Johnson tribute album, God Don't Never Change . It's excellent, a great foot-stomping blues version of "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed & Burning"
