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For those who heard him at Theresa's, Junior Wells remains the greatest blues man. Not the greatest harmonica player - though he was great at that. Not the greatest blues singer - though he was really great at that. Not the greatest songwriter - mostly he sang others' material. But it wasn't really about an instrument, a voice, or a lyric. It was about a relationship. Theresa's itself was his true instrument. No one else played it as well, and no other place he played gave him as good a sound. As we often had occasion to say in those days, "Man, you should've been there!" Now you can be. Junior Wells, vocals, harmonica Phil Guy, guitar (except 10) Byther Smith, guitar (1-10), vocal (10), 2nd vocal (1) Sammy Lawhorn, guitar (12-19) Earnest Johnson, bass Vince Chapelle, drums (1-10) Levi Warren, drums (12-19) Unknown, 2nd guitar (10) 1. Little By Little (4:25) 2. Snatch It Back And Hold It (6:23) 3. Talk (0:27) 4. Love Her With A Feeling (4:11) 5. Juke (3:32) 6. Talk (1:00) 7. Happy Birthday (1:27) 8. Talk (1:45) 9. Scratch My Back (5:42) 10. Help The Poor (3:52) 11. Talk (0:40) 12. Come On In This House (3:23) 13. Talk (0:42) 14. What My Mama Told Me (7:58) 15. Key To The Highway (4:02) 16. Talk (0:12) 17. Goin' Down Slow (8:21) 18. Talk (0:14) 19. Messin' With The Kid (2:21) |