1 	–Eddie Taylor Jr. 	Love Me While I'm Livin' 	3:13
2 	–Tré 	Church Bells Blues 	5:15
3 	–Harmonica Hinds 	Can't Blame Nobody 	3:01
4 	–Eddie Taylor Jr. 	Get Out Of My House 	5:16
5 	–Tré 	From The Country To The City 	3:42
6 	–Harmonica Hinds 	I'm Your Lovin' Man 	4:45
7 	–Eddie Taylor Jr. 	I Got To Find My Baby 	2:56
8 	–Tré 	Sh's The Reason 	5:23
9 	–Harmonica Hinds 	Tell Me What You Wana Do 	4:21
10 	–Eddie Taylor Jr. 	Crawlin' King Snake 	3:42
11 	–Harmonica Hinds 	Preachers 	2:15
12 	–Tré 	I Shot My Baby 	4:34

Eddie Taylor Jr. - Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals 
Harmonica Hinds - Harmonica, Vocals 
Tré -  	Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals

A compilation of pure, from-the-heart blues, this is a driven explosion of unplugged blues by three of Chicago's best new minstrels: Harmonica Hinds, Eddie Taylor Jr. , and Tré . Harmonica Hinds has performed in the Chicago area since the early 1970s. He has made appearances on albums by Koko Taylor, Lefty Dizz, Moose Walker, John Primer , and Mud Morganfield . Eddie Taylor Jr. is a leader in traditional Chicago blues. Like his father, he lays down a great rhythm line for harmonica players! A new breed of young, upcoming blues artists are emerging from the Chicago area, and Tré has stepped out as the best of the lot. He possesses spectacular vocals and outstanding guitar ability, flaming on the heels of such greats as Albert King, Little Milton, Albert Collins , and Jimi Hendrix. ---cduniverse.com

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01. I'm A King Bee - 3:10
02. Ghetto Woman - 5:54
03. Kiddio - 3:58
04. Baby What You Want Me To Do (O - 4:51
05. The Sky Is Crying - 5:05
06. I Got To Find My Baby (Before - 3:11
07. Baby Please Come Home - 3:19
08. 32-20 Blues - 2:17
09. You Gotta Pay The Price - 4:38
10. Low Down Dirty Shame (Oooh-Wee - 4:14
11. Whiskey Headed Woman - 2:52
12. Stop Breaking Down - 4:35

Eddie Taylor Jr. 	- Guitar, Vocals
Greg McDaniel - Bass
Tony Palmer - Guitar
Timothy Taylor - Drums
Bob Waleso – Harp
Harmonica Hinds - Harp

It’s been three long, hard years since Eddie Taylor Jr. released an album. During that time, he endured a painful trip through the blues wilderness, experiencing health problems of his own as well as the death of a son which he experienced health problems and the death of a son on the mean streets of Chicago. But he bounces back with vigor on this rock-solid disc on Germany’s Wolf Records imprint.

Still a relatively young man in blues terms and heir to the legacy of his father, who was both Jimmy Reed’s guitar player and a superstar in the genre himself, Eddie Jr. was born in 1971 and envisioned himself as a rapper. It wasn’t until after Eddie Sr.’s death in the mid-‘80s that he began teaching himself how to play guitar, using his father’s recordings as a guide.

Now in his late 40s and with six prior releases on the Wolf label, Eddie Jr. is firmly established as one of the few folks left in the city who deliver traditional Chicago blues, tempered by a strong taste of Windy City soul. Most of the 10 covers and two originals here were recorded on the shores of Lake Michigan backed by Tony Palmer (guitar), Greg McDaniel (bass), brother Tim Taylor (drums) and Bob Waleso and Harmonica Hinds (harp). The other two were laid down in Vienna, Austria, in a stripped-down format with Eddie aided solely by Hinds on reeds.

If you’re familiar with Taylor’s recordings, you’ll find his play a little different on this one. In an attempt to win and retain a younger audience, he’s modernized his style a bit and enlisted the aid of several guitar effects he hadn’t used previously.

Stop Breaking Down kicks off with a loping cover of Slim Harpo’s “I’m A King Bee.” Eddie’s rich voice fits perfectly atop a chart with true Swamp feel. The B.B. King/Dave Clark classic “Ghetto Woman” follows with Taylor delivering a crisp, clean single-note guitar line as he sings about a faithful woman waiting for her man to come home. His pedal work gives the mid-tune solo a contemporary feel while he stays comfortably in format.

Next up is a version of Brook Benton’s “Kiddio,” once a minor blues hit for Chicago slide guitar master John Littlejohn. It swings sweetly as Eddie’s voice lilts from verse to verse. “Baby What You Want Me To Do,” a song his father played regularly behind Reed, follows before a funky take on Elmore James’ “The Sky Is Crying” and a new, uptempo and flashy arrangement of the traditional “I Got To Find My Baby (Before That Evenin’ Sun Go Down.”

Two originals with an old-time feel — “Baby Please Come Home” and “You Gotta Pay The Price” – sandwich a modern stab at Robert Johnson’s “32-20 Blues” before a cover of the traditional “Low Down Dirty Shame (Oooh-Wee Baby).” Two more covers — Tommy McClennan’s “Whiskey Headed Woman” and Johnson’s “Stop Breaking Down” – conclude the set.

While it’s true that most of the material here is a collection of tried-and-true blues warhorses, Eddie Jr. has proven once again that he’s a standard bearer for the Chicago blues tradition. This disc might have been better if it had contained more new songs. But if you’re a traditionalist, you’ll enjoy this one. I did. ---Marty Gunther, bluesblastmagazine.com

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01. I've Made Nights By Myself - 4:01
02. Use What You Got - 3:31
03. Pink Champagne - 2:58
04. That's All I Need - 4:50
05. I'm So Blue - 4:41
06. Look On Yonder's Wall - 4:03
07. You've Got Me Licked - 4:24
08. Let Me Love You Baby - 3:59
09. Trying To Play A Mind Game - 4:12
10. Forty-Four - 6:47
11. Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home - 3:20
12. Eddie's Groove - 3:35

Bass – Pete Rubber
Drums – Larry Taylor (2) (tracks: 2, 3, 12), Tim Taylor (6) (tracks: 1, 4 to 11)
Guitar – Illinois Slim (tracks: 3, 5 to 8), Manua (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 12)
Guitar, Vocals – Eddie Taylor Jr.
Piano – Detroit Jr. (tracks: 3, 5 to 8)
Vocals – Brenda Taylor (2) (tracks: 5), Demetria Taylor (tracks: 8), Edna Taylor (tracks: 11)

A second-generation blues maven (he's the son of blues greats Eddie and Vera Taylor), Eddie Taylor, Jr., churns out the good stuff, raw and uncut. Taylor's vocals are full of conviction, his guitar work is razor sharp, and on his second album he's gathered a worthy backing band to support him in his purist vision. ---AllMusic Review

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01. Blues In Your Life - 6:28
02. Worried About My Baby - 3:57
03. Cut You Loose - 6:01
04. Easy Baby - 6:49
05. Can't Take It No More - 5:15
06. Stop Breakin' Down - 4:19
07. I Feel So Bad - 3:39
08. Clouds In My Heart - 6:32
09. Groovin' With Eddie - 5:39
10. Sock It To Me - 4:27
11. Why Can't You Be True - 5:14
12. Red Hot Mama - 5:26

Kenny Barker - Piano
Willie Kent - Bass
Johnny B. Moore - Guitar (Rhythm)
Eddie Taylor Jr. - Guitar, Vocals
Larry Taylor - Drums, Vocals

Eddie Taylor Jr., b. Edward Taylor, c. 1971, Chicago, Illinois, USA. His father, Eddie Taylor, played blues guitar and sang mainly in Chicago and was for some years a valued sideman in Jimmy Reed’s band. Taylor Jnr. also took up guitar, teaching himself to play on an old instrument discarded by his father. Playing and singing contemporary Chicago blues, Taylor gradually developed his own name and reputation, building a repertoire that owes much to the traditions of the place and genre. These older songs include Robert Johnson’s ‘Stop Breakin’ Down’, Muddy Waters’ ‘Clouds In My Heart’, Syl Johnson’s ‘Sock It To Me’, Ricky Allen’s ‘Cut You Loose’, Magic Sam’s ‘Easy Baby’ and Taylor Snr.’s ‘I Feel So Bad’. He also writes original material, with notable tracks including ‘Red Hot Mama’, ‘Groovin’ With Eddie’, ‘Worried About My Baby’, ‘Can’t Take It No More’ and ‘Trying To Play A Mind Game’. Taylor’s older brothers, Tim and Larry, both play drums and three sisters, Edna, Brenda and Demetria, all sing as did their late mother, Vera Taylor. All five siblings appear with Taylor on his 2006 release Mind Game. In 2002, his youngest brother, Milton, was supportive in a markedly different way, donating a kidney when Taylor suffered serious illness.

Among other musicians who have worked in Taylor’s band are blues harpist Martin Lane and guitarist Johnny B. Moore. In addition to leading his own band, Taylor has also played in support of artists such as Moore, Little Arthur Duncan, Easy Baby, Willie Kent and Hubert Sumlin. Following his kidney transplant, Taylor resumed his very busy live schedule. ---allmusic.com

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