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Blues Jam in Chicago, Volume Two
Blues · 1969 · 10 tracks

Blues Jam in Chicago, Volume Two

A gritty, unrehearsed summit at Chess Studios. British blues disciples trade licks with Chicago legends in a smoke-filled room of pure, analog soul.

December 5, 1969 · Blue Horizon

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This is a fly-on-the-wall document of a historic musical intersection. Recorded in the hallowed halls of Chess Studios in January 1969, it captures a version of Fleetwood Mac that bears no resemblance to the pop juggernaut they would become. Here, they are humble students of the blues, playing alongside their idols like Otis Spann and Willie Dixon. The sound is thick with the atmosphere of a cold Chicago winter and the warmth of glowing vacuum tubes.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
World’s in a Tangle
5:25
02
Talk With You
3:27
03
Like It This Way
4:24
04
Someday Soon Baby
7:36
05
Hungry Country Girl
5:46
06
Black Jack Blues
5:08
07
Everyday I Have the Blues
4:54
08
Rockin’ Boogie
3:57
09
Sugar Mama (take 2)
6:08
10
Homework
3:20
Moments Worth Listening For
The moment Otis Spann's piano trills lock in with Peter Green's weeping guitar lead.
The loose, conversational banter between takes that reveals the reverence of the young Brits.
The raw, unvarnished harmonica solo that cuts through the mid-tempo shuffle of track 4.

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