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2007 six CD box set featuring more of Blues' greatest performers. Disc One contains Muddy Waters' Goin' Home: Live in Paris, 1970. Disc Two features Professor Longhair Live in Germany. Disc Three finds Left Hand Frank Live at the Knickerbocker Caf‚. Disc Four includes J.B Hutto and the New Hawks' Live at the Shaboo Inn, Conn, 1979. Disc Five features Eddie Clearwater' Two Times Nine. The final CD, Disc Six, contains Luther "Snakeboy" Johnson's Get Down To The Nitty Gritty. Last Call. 2007.

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Goin' Home: Live in Paris 1970 finds Muddy supported by his longtime backing band – guitarists Pee-Wee Madison and Sam Lawhorn, pianist Pinetop Perkins, bassist Calvin Jones and drummer Willie Smith – as well as harpist Carey Bell on several tracks. Waters performed many of his familiar numbers – "Honey Bee," "Trouble No More," "Hoochie Coochie Man," "Mojo Workin'" – in front of a small French crowd, and while the performances aren't crackling with energy, they have a nice, relaxed and friendly vibe that makes the album worth checking out.

Review by Thom Owens, Allmusic.com

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Live at the Knickerbocker Cafe was recorded in the late '70s, toward the end of Left Hand Frank's unheralded career. For much of his life, he worked as a sideman, never officially releasing a studio album as a leader. This album (originally released on the French MCM label) is the only addition to a meager discography, but it demonstrates just how much he had to offer. Left Hand Frank didn't shake up the Chicago blues tradition, choosing to celebrate it instead, and the result is a kinetic, entertaining set of greasy blues. There are a few unexpected flourishes, such as the reverb detour "Surfin' with Frank," that keep things interesting, and the end result is cool little Chicago blues gem from a guitarist that was sadly underrecorded.

Review by Thom Owens, Allmusic.com

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Recorded originally for Clearwater's own Cleartone label and later leased to Ron Bartolucci's Baron imprint, these late-'70s sides were potent indicators of his maturing blues style. These weren't homemade sessions; all-star sidemen include drummer Casey Jones, guitarist Jimmy Johnson, and saxist Abb Locke. The title cut is a blistering Chuck Berry-styled rocker, "Came Up the Hard Way" displays a firm grasp of the West Side sound, and "A Little Bit of Blues, A Little Bit of Rock & Roll" utilizes a funky groove to foot-stomping advantage.

Review by Bill Dahl, Allmusic.com

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Culled from a radio broadcast made for a Rochester, NY radio station in 1976, Get Down to the Nitty Gritty is a nifty set of hard-edged Chicago blues. Luther Johnson pays homage to his mentor and employer, Muddy Waters, throughout the album, playing classics like "Hoochie Coochie Man" and originals in the same vein. Although the sound quality of the recording is poor – there are dropouts and tape hiss all over the place – the performance is stellar. Johnson sings with passion and his guitar solos are blistering. Get Down to the Nitty Gritty is a rough gem that is worthwhile to any fan of Johnson or Muddy Waters.

Review by Thom Owens, Allmusic.com

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