Junior Wells - Keep on Steppin': The Best of Junior Wells [1998/FLAC]

 

Junior Wells (born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr., December 9, 1934 – January 15, 1998) was an American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist. He was one of the pioneers of the amplified blues harp-style associated with Chicago. Wells is best known for his signature song "Messin' with the Kid" and his 1965 album Hoodoo Man Blues, described by the critic Bill Dahl as "one of the truly classic blues albums of the 1960s".


with

Sonny Landreth - national steel guitar, electric slide guitar; John Mooney - electric slide guitar;
Derek Trucks - electric slide guitar; Lucky Peterson - Hammond B-3, piano;
Corey Harris - national steel guitar; Bob Margolin - acoustic guitar; Carlos Santana - guitar

1. Oh, Pretty Woman (Williams) [5:51]
2. Sweet Sixteen (Green, Josea, King) [4:54]
3. Give Me One Reason (Chapman) [5:00]
4. Get Down (Allen, Brown, Dickerson ...) [4:58]
5. Keep on Steppin' (Wells) [4:46]
6. Broke and Hungry (Wells) [6:22]
7. Mystery Train (Parker, Phillips) [6:59]
8. Use Me (Withers) [5:22]
9. Kingfish Blues (Whittaker) [5:18]
10. Why Are People Like That? (Charles) [3:52]
11. The Train (Charles) [5:02]
12. Messin' with the Kid (London, Wells) [4:57]