| Rocking Chicago blues in all its glory and intensity - in a series of live sets from the great Buddy Guy's Legends club in Chicago. The show brings great icons of blues - Junior Wells, Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy - together with younger artists - Pistol Pete, Roy Hytower, Rod Piazza - to showcase generations of great players of this harddriving American tradition. The great Junior Wells's harmonica playing defines the Chicago sound; he worked with Muddy Waters in the '50's and with Buddy Guy in the '60's. Hubert Sumlin brought the Mississippi sound to Chicago and contributed to the dark sound of Howlin' Wolf. Buddy Guy blew hippies away in the late '60's with his guitar theatrics. Pistol Pete and Roy Hytower revive both the rugged vitality and the polish of the original Chicago pioneers; Rod Piazza mixes the classic sound with the swing-based jump-jive that is another aspect of blues spirit. Includes rare backstage interviews with Hubert Sumlin, Junior Wells, and Rod Piazza. |
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