Live at the Rynborn
Released: Mar 3, 1999
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Released: Mar 3, 1999
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This was recorded with Johnson's regular New England working band, blowing the roof off the hotel he was living at in 1995. Released on a dime sized local label, it kicked enough noise to be picked...
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Got to Find a Way
Released: Sep 29, 1998
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Released: Sep 29, 1998
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The appeal of the blues is its earthiness, simplicity, honesty and the humanity of its purveyors. Got to Find a Way has all of these; plus, it's a rockin' good time from beginning to end. Anchored...
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Country Sugar Papa
Released: Mar 30, 1994
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Released: Mar 30, 1994
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Johnson's third and final album for producer Ron Levy's Bullseye Blues diskery is every bit as spellbinding as the prior pair. Whether fronting his latest batch of Magic Rockers or going it alone,...
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Luther's Blues - EVIDENCE
Released: Nov 1, 1976
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Released: Nov 1, 1976
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The confidence that ex-Muddy Waters sideman Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson exudes on his contemporary albums wasn't quite there in abundance yet when the French Black & Blue imprint produced this...
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Slammin' on the West Side
Released: April 1996
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Released: April 1996
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Lousy album title, great album. Johnson hasn't been based out of Chicago in years, but that sound remains at the heart of his approach -- even when he's recording in Louisiana with a funky New...
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It's Good to Me
Released: 1992
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Released: 1992
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Another barn-burner mixing the guitarist's West-side roots with soul and blues shadings to present some of the fieriest contemporary blues on the market. Saxist Gordon Beadle and keyboardist Joe...
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Doin' the Sugar Too
Released: 1984
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Released: 1984
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A step in the right direction -- much better production, savvier song selection, including a few snappy originals, and the five-piece Roomful of Blues horn section in staunch support. The...
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