Big Maceo Merriweather - Best Of Big Maceo - The King Of Chicago Blues Piano (1992)

1.	Worried Life Blues
2.	Ramblin' Mind Blues  
3.	County Jail Blues
4.	Can't You Read
5.	So Long Baby  
6.	Texas Blues
7.	Tuff Luck Blues
8.	I Got the Blues
9.	Bye Bye Baby	
10.	Poor Kelly Blues  
11.	Some Sweet Day  
12.	Anytime for You  	
13.	My Last Go Round  
14.	Since You Been Gone  
15.	Kid Man Blues	
16.	I'm So Worried
17.	Things Have Changed
18.	My Own Troubles
19.	Maceo's 32-20	
20.	Texas Stomp
21.	Winter Time Blues
22.	Detroit Jump	
23.	Won't Be a Fool No More
24.	Big Road Blues
25.	Chicago Breakdown

Personnel: 
Big Maceo Merriweather (vocals, piano); 
Tampa Red (vocals, guitar); 
Chick Sanders, Tyrell Dixon, Melvin Draper, Clifford "Snags" Jones (drums).

The title The King of Chicago Blues Piano is no joke -- while never achieving the level of fame won by many of his contemporaries, Big Maceo Merriweather was indeed a major force behind the development of the Windy City sound, and these 1940s sides, cut in collaboration with guitarist Tampa Red, remain his most enduring legacy. Combining startling instrumental proficiency with a traditional blues sensibility, Maceo was also a powerful vocalist; despite recording just 28 sides -- all but three of which are included here -- he was still a pivotal figure, bridging the country blues of the '20s with the urbanized electric sound of the '50s. Among the highlights: the instrumental closer "Chicago Breakdown," an instrumental tribute to his incredible prowess, and "Worried Life Blues," later covered by Chuck Berry. ---Jason Ankeny, Rovi

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