Super Super Blues Band, The
Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters & Bo Diddley (blue)
A coloured vinyl reissue of a remarkable 1967 blues LP featuring Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and Bo Diddley. The record was produced by Willie Dixon. Long form jams roll on in a trance as the trio of blues legends flex egos, talking shit to each other, trading off leads and ducking blasts of unexpected wah-wah guitar lines. Songs are peppered with an incredible level of banter between the trio of bandleaders that predicts the call and response sing-talking of early hip hop, laced with random screams in the background that teeter between celebration & danger. The record is special enough as a stand-alone document of this meeting/melting of the minds before you find out the backing band consists of Hubert Sumlin, Otis Spann and freaking Buddy Guy.