Legendary Blues Band - U B Da Judge 1991

Legendary Blues Band - U B Da Judge 1991
Label: Ichiban

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The Legendary Blues Band includes Calvin Jones (b.1926, Greenwood, MS; bass, violin); Willie Smith (b.1935, Helena, AR; drum); various others on vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano. When the Muddy Waters band quit the master en masse in 1980, most of the sidemen stuck together and formed their own group. The Legendary Blues Band, as they were named, included Pinetop Perkins, Jerry Portnoy, Willie Smith, and Calvin Jones throughout its early years. Short-term member Louis Myers, another Muddy Waters alumnus, appeared as guitarist on the band's first album (Rounder, 1981). The band has since changed personnel with some regularity, and while its lineup has become progressively less "legendary" in name or historic associations, its music has remained solid and true to the mainstream Chicago style. In a later configuration, they even made the Billboard Black Music charts. Recent albums have featured guitarist Billy Flynn and harmonicist Madison Slim. The rhythm section of Jones and Smith has anchored the unit throughout the changes, never failing to deliver the Chicago blues with aplomb.
bY Jim O'Neal, All Music Guide.
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When U B Da Judge was released in 1991, the Legendary Blues Band's lineup still included former Muddy Waters sidemen Willie Smith (drums, vocals) and Calvin Smith (bass, vocals), as well as harp player Madison Slim, keyboardist Willie O'Shawny and guitarists Billy Flynn and Tony O. U B Da Judge isn't a great album by any means, though it has a few decent cuts, including the originals "Watch Your Enemies" and "I Can't Trust You, Man" and a cover of Jimmy Reed's "Don't Say That No More." The CD may have been recorded in Atlanta, but the band's sound is unmistakably Chicago. Completists and diehard collectors may want this so-so CD, but for beginners, the Legendary Blues Band's Rounder albums with Pinetop Perkins would be a much better investment.
By Alex Henderson, All Music Guide.
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Willie "Big Eyes" Smith- Drums & Vocals
Billy Flynn- Guitars
Willie O'Shawny- Keyboard
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones- Bass & Vocals
Madison Slim- Harp & Vocals
Tony O- Guitars
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01.Got Love If You Want It 3:34
02.Things Could Be Worse 04:20
03.Eye to Eye 5:00
04.In the Rain 3:45
05.Watch Your Enemies 2:42
06.Don't Say That No More 3:49
07.I Don't Trust You, Man 4:12
08.No One to Love Me 4:15
09.When the Blues Come Around 3:49
10.Who's Been Talking? 3:24
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