Blues City 3: Chicago II

From: Gary Pitts
Series: Blues City
Length: 59:00

It's a layover in the Windy City with legendary guitarists like Buddy Guy and Magic Sam, and powerful voices like Koko Taylor and Mavis Staples. Read the full description.

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Playing: Blues City 3: Chicago II
From: Gary Pitts

It's a layover in the Windy City with legendary guitarists like Buddy Guy and Magic Sam, and powerful voices like Koko Taylor and Mavis Staples.

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Timing and Cues

1 MIN BREAKS W/ MUSIC BED
BREAK 1: 18:55
BREAK 2: 39:48
ROOM FOR BOTTOM OF THE HOUR BREAK

Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
Sweet Home Chicago	The Blues Brothers	The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording.	Atlantic	1995	04:47
I'm In the Mood	John Lee Hooker	The Best of John Lee Hooker: 1965-1974.	MCA	1992	02:40
Sugar Sweet	Freddie King	Burglar.	MCA	2001	02:46
All Your Love	Magic Sam	The Essential Magic Sam: The Cobra and Chief Recordings 1957-1961.	Varese Sarabande	2001	02:51
Just Playing My Axe	Buddy Guy	A Man & The Blues.	Vanguard Records	1990	02:51
Don't Like to Brag	Snooky Pryor	Shake My Hand.	Blind Pig	1999	04:39
Trouble in Mind	Big Walter Horton	Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell.	Alligator Records	1989	04:37
Who Told You	Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues	Blues Jam Live Audio: Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues.	Creative Sounds Inc.	2011	04:11
One Room Country Shack	Paul Butterfield	An Offer You Can't Refuse.	M.I.L. Multimedia	1999	04:53
Koko Taylor	Wang Dang Doodle	20th Century Blues Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Blues Classics.	MCA	2003	02:59
Fortune Tellin' Man	Jesse Fortune	Fortune Tellin' Man.	Delmark	1993	04:28
Zora Young	Two Trains Running	Tore Up from the Floor Up.	Delmark	2005	05:48
Will The Circle Be Unbroken	Mavis Staples	Have A Little Faith.	Alligator Records	2004	03:15