Saturday Night Blues (album)

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Saturday Night Blues: The Great Canadian Blues Project, Volume 1
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Studio album by
Various artists
Released1991
Genre blues music
Label Stony Plain Records
Various artists chronology
Saturday Night Blues: The Great Canadian Blues Project, Volume 1
(1991)		Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years
(2006)

Saturday Night Blues is a compilation album of recordings by Canadian blues performers, released by Stony Plain Records and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1991. [1] Subtitled "The Great Canadian Blues Project, Volume 1", the album was released as a tie-in to the CBC Radio program Saturday Night Blues , and was compiled from a mix of previously released material, new unreleased recordings and performance tapes from the CBC Radio archives. [2] It was one of the first significant compilations of the work of Canadian blues artists. [3]

Contents

The album was a cowinner, with Loreena McKennitt's The Visit , of the 1992 Juno Award for Best Roots and Traditional Album. [4]

A sequel album, Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years, was issued in 2006.

Critical response

Mark Miller of The Globe and Mail gave the album a mixed review, calling some of the songs excellent but criticizing the album for including only one woman and only one artist from the vibrant blues scene in Quebec. [3] Helen Metella of the Edmonton Journal reviewed the album positively, writing that "these 20 cuts acknowledge the tremendous variety and top drawer quality of northern blues." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Danser le loup"Gerald Laroche3:01
2."No More Doggin'" Colin James 4:16
3."Path to the Liquor Store" Jackson Delta 3:36
4."I Need a Woman"Johnny V and The Houserockers3:32
5."Just Your Fool" Dutch Mason 3:44
6."Thinking About You" Lester Quitzau 4:07
7."Bert's Boogie" Amos Garrett 3:05
8."Bad Luck Blues"Ken Hamm3:35
9."Love U 2 Much" Rita Chiarelli and the Road Rockets4:19
10."Pussy Footin'"Dean Cottrill2:50
11."Rockin' Little Boogie" Downchild Blues Band 3:47
12."Goin' Down South" Bill Bourne 3:02
13."Statellite Dish"Brent Sam Parkin and the Stingers3:32
14."Nothing to Show"The Drew Nelson Band4:19
15."T.V. Preacher Blues" Big Dave McLean and the Muddy-Tones3:15
16."Love of a Woman" Jack Semple and the Luxury Blues Band3:52
17."Hey Rosita" Paul James 3:53
18."Tombstone Boogie"David Raven3:48
19."The Drifter"Roger Howse3:20
20."Clear But Confusing"Rusty Reed and the Southside Shuffle2:02

References

  1. ↑ "The continued blues revival added a cheery note; Stony Plain Records celebrated 15 good years in business". Edmonton Journal , January 2, 1992.
  2. 1 2 "Northern blues package a meaty meal". Edmonton Journal , December 8, 1991.
  3. 1 2 "Mining for great Canadian blues". The Globe and Mail , January 6, 1992.
  4. ↑ "Here's who took top music prizes". Vancouver Sun , March 31, 1992.
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