James Cotton, Junior Wells, Carey Bell & Billy Branch

If there is one sound that says "Chicago Blues" to the world, it's the sound of a harmonica blown through a hand-held microphone blasting through an amplifier. The pressurized, distorted sound of the electrified blues harp was there from the earliest days of post-World War II Windy City blues, and Chicago's harp players have always been the standard against which all others are judged. This album brings together four of Chicago's finest. Three of