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Tracks
- Help Me (A Tribute to Sonny Boy Williamson)
- Messin' With The Kid
- Stormy Monday Blues
- Checking On My Baby
- Early In The Morning
- Cotton Crop Blues
- Blues Keep Falling
- Rocket 88
- Honest I Do
- Coast Blues
- Hey, Hey
- Rockin' My Boogie
- Chicken Shack
- Juke
- Christo Redemptor
- My Baby's Sweeter
- Angel Food Cake
- Tell Me
- Blues With A Feeling
Musicians
Martin Fierro plays on tracks 9 and 10, Honest I Do and Coast Blues, which are taken from the James Cotton LP Cut You Loose. The musicians on these tracks are;
- James Cotton - harmonica, vocals
- Eddie Adams - bass
- James Cook - guitar
- Mike Fender - bass trumpet
- Martin Fierro - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Joe Rodriguez - drums
- Wayne Talbert - organ, piano
The performers on the other tracks of this compilation are as follows.
Help Me (A Tribute to Sonny Boy Williamson) and Messin' With The Kid; The Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band
- Junior Wells - harmonica, vocal
- Buddy Guy - guitar
- Jack Myers - bass
- Fred Below - drums
Stormy Monday Blues, Checking On My Baby and Early In The Morning;The Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band
- Junior Wells - harmonica, vocal
- Buddy Guy - guitar
- Leroy Stewart - bass
- Fred Below - drums
- Walter Beasley - rhythm guitar
- Little Al - drums
Cotton Crop Blues, Blues Keep Falling and Rocket 88;
- James Cotton - harmonica, vocals
- James Madison - guitar
- Otis Spann - piano
- S.P. Leary - drums
Hey, Hey and Rockin' My Boogie;The Johnny Shines Blues Band
- Johnny Shines - guitar, vocal
- Walter Horton - harmonica
- Floyd Jones - bass
- Frank Kirkland - drums
Chicken Shack and Christo Redemptor;Charlie Musselwhite's South Side Band
- Charlie Musselwhite - harmonica, vocal
- Harvey Mandel - guitar
- Barry Goldberg - piano, organ
- Bob Anderson - bass
- Fred Below, Jr. - drums
Juke and My Baby's Sweeter;Charlie Musselwhite's Band
- Charlie Musselwhite - harmonica, vocal
- Other musician information not known
Angel Food Cake and Tell Me;The Siegel-Schwall Band
- Corky Siegel - piano, harmonica, vocal
- Jim Schwall - guitar, mandolin, vocal
- Rollo Radford - bass
- Shelly Plotkin - drums
Blues With A Feeling;Paul Butterfield's Blues Band
- Musician information not known
Credits
- Producers - Samuel Charters, Michael Chechik, Barry Goldberg, Bill Traut
- Compilation producer - Tom Vickers
- Compilation Engineer - Jeff Zaraya
- Liner Notes - Billy Altman
- Photography - Ray Flerlage, James Fraher
- Package Design - Drew Cartwright
Related releases
The two tracks that feature Martin Fierro, Honest I Do and Coast Blues, are taken from;
The other tracks on this compilation are taken from the following albums.
- Help Me (A Tribute to Sonny Boy Williamson) and Messin' With The Kid from Chicago/The Blues/Today! Vol. 1, Various Artists, 1966, Vanguard VSD 79216
- Stormy Monday Blues, Checking On My Baby and Early In The Morning from It's My Life, Baby!, Junior Wells, 1965, Vanguard VSD 73120
- Cotton Crop Blues, Blues Keep Falling and Rocket 88 from Chicago/The Blues/Today, Volume 2, Various Artists, 1966, Vanguard VSD 79217
- Hey, Hey and Rockin' My Boogie from Chicago/The Blues/Today, Volume 3, Various Artists, 1966, Vanguard VSD 79218
- Chicken Shack and Christo Redemptor from Stand Back! Here Comes Charlie Musselwhite's South Side Band, Charlie Musselwhite's South Side Band, 1966, Vanguard VSD 79232
- Juke and My Baby's Sweeter from Stone Blues, Charlie Musselwhite, 1968, Vanguard VSD 79287
- Angel Food Cake and Tell Me from The Best Of Siegel-Schwall, The Siegel-Schwall Band, 1973, Vanguard VSD 79336
- Blues With A Feeling from Blues With A Feeling, Various Artists, 1993, Vanguard VCD2 77005
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