Various - Crucial Slide Guitar Blues (2004)

This one is a blast of guitar greats just rolling out one after another. Johnny Winter sets the pace and gets the ball rolling with a hard rocking number named "It's My Life, Baby". Screaming guitars cutting the axe are heard on almost all twelve tracks.
Several highlights of this album include: the piercing slide guitar of Johnny Winters; the fast-paced tribute to Hound Dog Taylor by Luther Allison; the boogie-flavored vocals and guitar of Michael Hill's Blues Mob; the unlike his typical self, Hound Dog Taylor, and the exciting, dramatic, awesome king of the slide guitar, Dave Hole. Notables on this CD are Bonnie Raitt who appears with A.C. Reed, Elvin Bishop, Michael Hill's Blues Mob, Corey Harris who has a wonderful acoustic number and the late Hound Dog Taylor. Also there is two tracks from "Hound Dog Taylor: A Tribute". This CD is a must have for any new comer to blues tradition and all guitar fans.

Tracks:

1 It's My Life, Baby Johnny Winter
2 Never Miss Your Water Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials
3 She's Fine A.C. Reed With Bonnie Raitt
4 Give Me Back My Wig Luther Allison
5 I'm Gone Elvin Bishop
6 The Same Thing Steady Rollin' Bon Margolin
7 Taylor's Rock Sonny Landreth
8 When The Church Burned Down The Kinsey Report
9 She's Gone Michael Hill's Blues Mob
10 Jack O'Diamonds Corey Harris
11 The Sun Is Shining Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers
12 Out Of Here Dave Hole