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If the great players who stamped out Chicago's West Side as their cutting fields in the 1960's - Magic Sam, Freddie King, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Albert King - had pushed their command blues melodies into new harmonic territory, one result may have been Barry Levenson's The Late Show. Interestingly, ten of the fifteen tracks here are instrumentals, although as befitting a 21st century roots stylist, Levenson has a broader, all-encompassing approach than your average blues album. In this way, The Late Show is a concept album that mines all facets of the blues and blues-based guitar. From the Meters-like groove of Meters Runnin' to the Bill Frizzell-shaped twang of Steel Life to the Bobby Womack and Curtis Mayfield church-derived Whole Lotta Blues and the Les Paul sweep of Charlie's Ride, Levenson lays down line after line of single notes whose harmonic backdrop is Grant Green and Kenny Burrell's boplicity.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTINGS
1 Riley's Shuffle/Blue Tears 7:15
2 Whole Lotta Blues 4:00
3 One For Muddy 3:21
4 Meters Runnin' 4:59
5 The Late Show 5:44
6 Turn Up the A.C. 5:33
7 Slippin' Down Blues 5:48
8 Charlie's Ride 3:22
9 Steel Life 5:55
10 Wrong Side of the Blues 4:36
11 West Side Rain 6:09
12 Down At the Hill 6:09
13 Rush Hour 4:30
14 Drinkin' Stops Me Thinkin' 4:21
15 Green is Blue 5:32
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