Rollin' And Tumblin' American Electric Blues 1965-1971 [Import] (3 Lp's) |

Description 63-track box set from a period when the blues was evolving, interacting with rock and soul music and being championed by a new young white audience. Key artists include Howlin' Wolf, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Muddy Waters, Canned Heat, B. B. King, Bo Diddley, The Allman Brothers Band, Freddie King, Big Brother And The Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin), Etta James, The Electric Flag, Buddy Guy, Ry Cooder, Magic Sam Blues Band, Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band, Ike And Tina Turner and more. Includes blues classics such as Howlin' Wolf's 'Killing Floor', The Paul Butterfield Blues Band's 'Born In Chicago' (in a rare early version from the 'Folksong 65' Elektra compilation), Etta James' 'I'd Rather Go Blind', Slim Harpo's 'Baby Scratch My Back' and B. B. King's 'The Thrill Is Gone'. Mastering is by Grammy-nominated archivist/producer Alec Palao. The mid to late 60s was a period of change for blues music, with full amplification the only way to have a chance of an R&B hit. A band needed an electric guitar, drums and often a harmonica played through an amp for a deliberately distorted effect. The concept of the blues guitar hero came into effect with artists whose dexterity encapsulated their appeal. After B. B. King came Buddy Guy (playing here on his own and as part of Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band), Otis Rush, Freddie King and increasingly influential white guitarists such as Duane Allman (who plays with Wilson Pickett and Johnny Jenkins as well as The Allman Brothers Band), Mike Bloomfield (included here with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Electric Flag and with Al Kooper) and Ry Cooder (here with Captain Beefheart and solo). Soul artists including Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin and Johnnie Taylor paid tribute to soul's blues roots and as America's black youth increasingly preferred the sound of Motown, white youth adopted the blues, discovered through English bands such as The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds and later Cream and Led Zeppelin. US bands such as Canned Heat were completely immersed in the blues, others used it as a base for improvisation and psychedelic blues bands including Big Brother And The Holding Company and The Electric Flag (who featured horns) evolved mixing blues with soul and rock, the latter turning Howlin' Wolf's 'Killing Floor' into an anti-Vietnam protest, as the hippy counterculture embraced the blues. Tracks - Disc 1 - 1 Howlin' Wolf- Killing Floor 2 2Bo Diddley- 500% More Man 3 Slim Harpo- Baby Scratch My Back 4 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band- Born in Chicago (Folksong 65 Version) 5 Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band- Snatch It Back and Hold It 6 Otis Redding- Rock Me Baby 7 7Buddy Guy- Leave My Girl Alone 8 The Lovin' Spoonful- Night Owl Blues 9 Dion -Spoonful 10 The Everley Brothers- My Babe 11 Booker T. & the MG'S- Plum Nellie 12 John Lee Hooker- One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer 13 The Shadows of Knight -Light Bulb Blues 14 Albert Collins -Sno Cone (Part II) 15 Johnnie Taylor- I Had a Dream 16 The Charlatans -32-20 17 John Hammond- I Wish You Would 18 Slim Harpo -Shake Your Hips 19 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band- Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes, I Do 20 Canned Heat- Rollin' and Tumblin' 21 The Blues Project -I Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes 22 B.B. King -Think It Over 23 Etta James- I'd Rather Go Blind 24 Kaleidoscope- You Don't Love Me 25 The Butterfield Blues Band- Work Song - Disc 2 - 1 Magic Sam Blues Band- I Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie) 2 Canned Heat- Going Up the Country 3 Taj Mahal- Statesboro Blues 4 John Kay & the Sparrow- Twisted 5 Big Brother & the Holding Company- Piece of My Heart 6 The Electric Flag -Killing Floor 7 Muddy Waters -Tom Cat 8 Johnny Winter- Mean Town Blues 9 Otis Rush- Gambler's Blues 10 Wilson Pickett- Born to Be Wild 11 James Gang -Funk #48 12 Steppenwolf Hoochie- Coochie Man 13 Mike Bloomfield - Al Kooper Stop 14 Lonnie Mack- Roberta 15 The J. Geils Band- Pack Fair and Square 16 J.B. Hutto & His Hawks- Speak My Mind 17 Quicksilver Messenger Service - Who Do You Love 18 Blood, Sweat & Tears -I'll Love You More Than You'll Ever Know 19 Blue Cheer -Parchment Farm 20 MC5- Motor City Is Burning - Disc 3 - 1 Ike & Tina Turner- the Hunter 2 The Allman Brothers Band -Whipping Post 3 Aretha Franklin -Why I Sing the Blues 4 Freddie King- Yonder Wall 5 Howlin' Wolf- Evil 6 B.B. King- the Thrill Is Gone 7 J.J. Cale- Call Me the Breeze 8 Muddy Waters- Blues and Trouble 9 Bo Diddley- Elephant Man 10 Tony Joe White- Boom Boom 11 Johnny Jenkins- I Walk on Guilded Splinters 12 Ry Cooder- Alimony 13 Buddy Miles Express- Train 14 King Curtis & the Kingpins- Whole Lotta Love 15 Chairmen of the Board -Chairman of the Board 16 Dr. John- Where Ya at Mule 17 ZZ Top- Somebody Else Been Shaking Your Tree 18 Freddie King -Going Down

• Format: CD
• Released: 07/18/2025