VA - Blues For Hippies? (1997)

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VA - Blues For Hippies? (1997)
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1:13:58 | Louisiana Blues, Electric Blues, Rhythm & Blues | Label: Ace

No frills on the final Excello blues sessions of the late 60s and early 70s aimed at the Southern Blues audience, but here for hippies, yuppies and anyone with the ears to hear the heart & soul of the real blues. Although Excello Records is famous for its swamp pop sound, a good part of which was due to Jay Miller's production approach that favored a deadened, muffled drum sound and tons of delay and reverb, by the late '60s and early '70s the label was struggling to grab hold of its share of the Southern soul market, and the sound of the label's singles became much slicker, sharper, and more funk-driven. Excello never really abandoned the blues, but the studio started to give the genre some fancier clothes, as this interesting collection of late-era singles recorded between 1966 and 1974 clearly shows. Slim Harpo's "I'm So Sorry" from 1968 and his cover of John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillun" from 1970 are cases in point. Both singles are far more professional sounding than his earlier output, and decidedly less swampy in feel. Better production and clearer sound didn't translate into more sales, however, and these tracks are some of the last gasps of the famed Excello catalog. Worth noting are two fine 1970 cuts from Otis Spann, the atmospheric and off-kilter "Bloody Murder" and the sharp-edged title track, "Blues for Hippies," where Spann sings about meeting Daniel in the metaphoric (one assumes, anyway) Lion's Den.

-Steve Leggett

Tracklist
1. Jimmy Dawkins – The Things I Used To Do
2. Charles Friday – Five Minutes More
3. Slim Harpo – Boogie Chillun
4. Otis Spann – Bloody Murder
5. Tiny Watkins – Fine Drivin' Machine
6. Tabby Thomas – Keep On Trying
7. Marion James – Give Me Your Love
8. Charles Friday – Baby! I'm Stickin' To You
9. Mildred Woodard – I've Waited So Long
10. Jimmy Dawkins – High Cost Of Living
11. Willie Baker – Don't Let Nobody Know
12. Tabby Thomas – Mr. Buzzerd
13. Rose Davis – Sittin' And Drinking
14. Jimmy Dawkins – Make My Way In This World
15. Bobby Powell – Thank You
16. Charles Friday – The Right One
17. Jimmy Dawkins – Think Twice Before You Speak
18. Charles Friday – I Believe
19. Slim Harpo – I'm So Sorry
20. Tabby Thomas – I Say I
21. Jimmy Dawkins – Chicago On My Mind
22. James Stewart – Jimmy's Blues
23. Jimmy Dawkins – All For Business
24. Otis Spann – Blues For Hippies
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Various Artists / Blues For Hippies

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