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Live at Theresa's 1975 | 
 enlarge | Artist: Junior Wells
Label: Delmark
Category: Music
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 65051
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 787
UPC: 038153078720
EAN: 0038153078720
ASIN: B000HEWG0Q
Release Date: October 17, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Little By Little (4:25) | | • | Snatch It Back And Hold It (6:23) | | • | Talk (0:27) | | • | Love Her With A Feeling (4:11) | | • | Juke (3:32) | | • | Talk (1:00) | | • | Happy Birthday (1:27) | | • | Talk (1:45) | | • | Scratch My Back (5:42) | | • | Help The Poor (3:52) | | • | Talk (0:40) | | • | Come On In This House (3:23) | | • | Talk (0:42) | | • | What My Mama Told Me (7:58) | | • | Key To The Highway (4:02) | | • | Talk (0:12) | | • | Goin' Down Slow (8:21) | | • | Talk (0:14) | | • | Messin' With The Kid (2:21) |
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Album Description
Junior Wells started playing regularly at Theresa's in the late 1950s. There were other small blues clubs in Chicago, and Junior occasionally played them, but only at Theresa's did his immense magnetism come across every time he performed. Wells magnetism. For those of us who heard him at Theresa's, Junior Wells remains the greatest blues man. Not the greatest harmonica player - though he was great at that. Not the greatest blues singer - though he was really great at that. Not the greatest songwriter - mostly he sang others' material. But it wasn't really about an instrument, a voice, or a lyric. It was about a relationship. Theresa's itself was his true instrument. No one else played it as well, and no other place he played gave him as good a sound. As we often had occasion to say in those days, "Man, you should've been there!" Now you can be. Junior Wells, vocals, harmonica
Phil Guy, guitar (except 10)
Byther Smith, guitar (1-10), vocal (10), 2nd vocal (1)
Sammy Lawhorn, guitar (12-19)
Earnest Johnson, bass
Vince Chapelle, drums (1-10)
Levi Warren, drums (12-19)
Unknown, 2nd guitar (10)
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Great Album, Under Rated Artist April 22, 2008
Boston Bluesman (Boston, MA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great live blues album. The sound quality is pretty good and the venue is small enough to give you a good sense of what it would have been like to see Junior is a club. This album finds junior in his prime (which was quite a while) and feeling comfortable with his environment.
For more great live Junior Wells check out Buddy Guy's Smolin' TNT and Drinking Dynamite (which is just as much a Junior album as it is a Guy album). For great studio work check out Hoodoo Man Blues, which may be one of the finest studio blues albums ever made.
Given his catelog and this album,it got me thinking that may be Junior is a little (or a lot)under rated. He was one of the best and this album is proof of that. Enjoy.
 Good live blues October 22, 2007
Jude Pascarelli (CT USA)
A good live blues album featuring Junior Wells. The version of Key to the Highway on this CD is my favorite. If you want to know what it sounds like to be at a live blues gig in Chicago in the 70's then buy this album. However, if you want a live album with good sound quality and performance I would recommend Junior Wells Live at the Golden Bear instead, as he performs better on that CD in my opinion.
Live Blues Album Should Be A Classic June 28, 2007
Terence Allen (Atlanta, GA USA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Junior Wells' "Live at Theresa's 1975" should grow into a classic live blues recording because it gives you the heart and soul of a live blues performance: great music, great songs, and great patter.
Theresa's was a popular Chicago blues spot in 1975, and it served as one of the chief hangouts of blues harmonica great Wells when he was in town. On the record, he's definitely in his element: laughing, joking, and working the room. The music is great, and Wells' gritty, raw-edged vocals heighten the flaovr of the live performance.
This is a great live recording of an genre, and one that will be fondly remembered.
In a word, wonderful! November 4, 2006
geewhiz
This CD is a great companion to "Junior Wells: On Tap". On Tap was the first blues album I bought (on vinyl) around 1980 and it inspired me to play blues harp. I never saw Junior play at Theresa's but I saw his performances at many other venues, often with Buddy Guy. The combination of the songs and speaking on this album make you feel like you're in the audience. I was especially surprised by Junior's rendition of "Juke" which almost sounds like Little Walter or Carey Bell playing live on Maxwell Street! To me, this recording captures the essence of Junior Wells, a true blues legend who died before his time.
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