The blues tradition is loaded with demons and dark forces—some born of the supernatural world and some that spring from more earthly temptations. Of the many sources of misery and suffering chronicled in countless blues songs, alcohol is usually among the top five (evil women, bad men and poverty are other not-so-favorites, each of which could warrant an album of their own).

Telarc’s Bar Room Blues: A 12-Track Program is a sampling of a few such drinking ditties, poured and served by a cadre of top blues artists. Tommy Castro, Charlie Musselwhite, Tab Benoit, Jimmy Thackery, Bob Margolin and several others explore the lighter and darker sides of the eternal love/hate relationship between mortals and spirits.

Culled from Telarc’s extensive blues catalog, Bar Room Blues plunges deep into the bottle and walks the listener through a rigorous “12-track program,” one song at a time. Some of the songs are dark, some are comic and some are darkly comic.

Crack open a bottle of your favorite spirits, slide this one in the changer and soak in the sounds of Bar Room Blues.

"Dette er virkelig en plate alle burde ha i cd samlingen sin. Med 12 spor pakket med alt ifra hard og røff blues, til silkemyke blues toner, levert av noen av verdens ypperste blues artister, er dette et "must have" produkt for alle blues frelste".

Performers:

Tab Benoit - vocals, guitar

Tommy Castro - vocals, guitar

Tinsley Ellis - vocals, guitar

Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson - vocals, guitar

Sam Lay - vocals, drums

Bob Margolin - vocals, guitar

Charlie Musselwhite - vocals, harmonica

Kenny Neal - vocals, guitar

Troy Turner - vocals, guitar

Doug Wainoris -- vocals, guitar

Junior Wells - vocals, harmonica