Re: [Harp-L] Junior Wells : Live at Theresa's



Quoting drori hammer <drori_hammer@xxxxxxxxx>:

Junior Wells was one of my great blues idols (as well as the first world -class blues harp player I ever got to watch live) - and yet I must admit he was unpredictable : you never knew weather the show would be brilliant or horrible - I saw him 3 times: twice were great, Junior at his top form, and once - at the `95 SF blues festival - absolutely horrendous. He played no harp, and spent most of the songs just doing his grunting and monkey-sound shticks rather than his usually incredible soulful singing.
However, in his last years he did produce 2 GREAT albums : "Live at Buddy Guy`s Legends" with a full electric band + horn section (featuring a terriffic version of "Help Me" backed by only the Hammond organ) and "Come on in this house" , featuring acoustic and semi acoustic songs with lots of great slide players.
Hammer

If always stayed shy of the Live at Buddy Guy's (but may check it out considering your comments) but I agree that Come on in this House is a masterpiece, and a beautiful swansong for an amazing (if fickle) artist.

Ben FELTEN
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