Magazine:
Mojo

No. 125, april 2004

15 tracks, 44:06

Mojo

"The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock'n'Roll" as Muddy Waters once remarked, and this compilation is a celebration of that very fact, grouping together 15 tracks which all have been covered by rock 'n' roll, soul, jazz and pop artists over the last 50 years.

If anything, this collection is designed to prove just how the blues has shaped the sound of modern music. Moreover, the tracks on offer emphasis the genre's breadth, warmth and ongoing vitality.

For blues aficionados we hope that Blues Power will provide you with a welcomed set of classics. For those who have yet to meet the blues face to face, hopefully this collection will serve as an introduction to the genre and make you want to dig deeper. In fact, the further you dig, the more you'll find the blues. Look around today and you'll see it lurking in the most unusual places.

Whether it's Beyoncé's cover of Little Willie John's 1956 hit Fever in the Fighting Temptations soundtrack or Public Enemy's Chuck D reforming Muddy Waters' Electric Mud Band for Martin Scorsese's The Blues documentary series, the blues is alive and well in 2004. You want proof? Then stick this CD in yer player, kick back your rug and, as Hound Dog Taylor declares on track 13, "Let's get funky fo' a little vhile!"

Phil Alexander - Editor-in-chief.

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