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Big Blues Extravaganza : The Best Of Austin City Limits | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $9.98
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 117768
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 65324
UPC: 074646532423
EAN: 0074646532423
ASIN: B000006O7A
Release Date: May 5, 1998
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| Tracks:
| • | Travelin' South - Collins, Gwendolyn | | • | Rock Me Baby - Hopkins, Lightnin' | | • | Love Struck Baby - Vaughan, Stevie Ray | | • | Six Strings Down - Neville, Cyril Garr | | • | I've Never Found a Man to Love - Floyd, Eddie Lee | | • | Tell Everybody I Know - Moore, Kevin [1] | | • | Born in Louisiana - Brown, Clarence [1] | | • | Since I Fell for You - Johnson, Buddy | | • | Mary Had a Little Lamb - Guy, Buddy | | • | Queen Bee - Hooker, John Lee | | • | Yellow Moon - Neville, Aaron | | • | Big Road Blues - Johnson, Tommy [1] | | • | Ain't It Funny How Time Slips Away - Nelson, Willie | | • | Night Life - Breeland, Walt | | • | Leap of Faith - Nicholson, Gary |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Here's a bountiful blues buffet from deep in the heart of Texas, courtesy of the long-running Austin City Limits television series. Texas talents--including Lightnin' Hopkins, represented by a suitably idiosyncratic "Rock Me Baby"; the razor-sharp Albert Collins, ripping through "Travellin' South" in front of a horn-powered band; and W.C. Clark, the godfather of the Austin blues scene, who sparkles on a song by hometown hero Willie Nelson--make the most of their spotlight time. And, naturally, there's Stevie Ray Vaughan, who leads Double Trouble through a tight and tasty "Love Struck Baby." Jimmie Vaughan's tribute to his blues brother, "Six Strings Down," follows in an example of the collection's creative sequencing. In like manner Gatemouth Brown's "Born in Louisiana" leads into Dr. John's New Orleans version of "Since I Fell for You," and Clark's rendition of "Ain't It Funny How Time Slips Away" segues into B.B. King's personalized cover of Nelson's classic "Night Life." The honorary Austinites, including a rambunctious Buddy Guy and a solo Rory Block, also make considerable contributions, the best probably being Taj Mahal bouncing through "Queen Bee" with Ben Harper on slide guitar, although Keb' Mo's straightahead "Tell Everybody I Know" isn't far behind. --Michael Point
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| Customer Reviews:
 Should have been better July 3, 2007
A. Martin (St. Augustine, Florida)
I get the feeling all of the artists record labels held back releasing any really good stuff. You get some tasty work here though. Worth adding to the collection.
 Excellent cd...But there's not anyone hotter January 12, 2006
Tim From Cincinnati (Land of Lonnie Mack)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Than Buddy Guy, doing "Mary Had A Little Lamb" This cd was a pleasant surprise, too bad Austin City Limits does not offer more of these blues tributes on cd and dvd..Would be sweet to hear the full hour performance of Buddy Guy and others listed on here. Buy it..You won't be disappointed, if you are, then you just don't get the blues.
A great compilation! November 17, 2000
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a great sampling of the blues. B.B. King does an excellent "Night Life", his guitar is fabulous! One of my favorites is W.C. Clark, who I had never heard before. "Queen Bee" is the best Taj Mahal I have heard. Miss Lavelle White, Stevie Ray, Lightnin' Sam, Collins....I could go on and on. The recording quality varies very little from track to track, which is expected from Austin City Limits, as they are one of the few TV program which delivers excellent sound. Don't pass this one up!Enjoy!
 This is a Texas blues mirror!! November 5, 2000
Ricardo Neves Gonzalez (Petropolis-R.J. Brazil-bluesfan@ig.com.br)
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
Texas is a State,full of hot deserts,but this cd shows that not only hot deserts...Texas always have hot blues with great icons of this musical style. We must reverence this contribution,specially the legendary SRV,and the great melodic voice of Delbert Mc Clinton! If you don't know what is the Texas Blues Twister,just buy this cd and.........
Vintage Guitar magazine review: February 9, 1999
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
This greatest hits collection assembles fifteen performances from the famous television series "Austin City Limits." As a tribute to the televised music venue, it's a fine CD. And as a live blues disc it doesn't get much better than this. The recordings range from Lightnin' Sam Hopkins' "Rock Me Baby" from 1978 to Delbert McClinton's "Leap of Faith" from 1997. In between, are hot numbers from Albert Collins, Jimmie Vaughan, Keb' Mo', Gatemouth Brown, Dr. John, Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal, Miss Lavelle White, the Neville brothers, Rory Block, and W.C. Clark. That's quite a lineup. Among the best tracks here, however, is Stevie Ray Vaughan's blistering performance of "Love Struck Baby" from 1983, when he was near the peak of his powers. B.B. King also turns in a fine "Night Life" from 1982 packed with his trademark vibrato and phrasing. Hot stuff.
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