As soul became the music of black America in the late 60s, the blues had to adapt to survive. In hundreds of sweaty, run-down clubs in cities and towns across the US an older urban black audience was still there to be entertained and blues musicians made a few concessions to the age, adding funk licks and a few soul screams and created some seriously good music..................

Drawn from the vaults of such influential labels as Stax, Modern and Jotis this exciting music comes from major names including Little Milton, Lowell Fulsom and Albert King, as well as terminally obscure and cult heroes like  Finis Tasby and Smokey Wilson.....................