This compilation, made up of duets between various all-star blues artists, is an interesting idea that unfortunately doesn't deliver. The blues' most famous partnerships (Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Shirley & Lee, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee) are represented, along with a slew of one-off singles pairing Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Jordan, Big Mama Thornton and Johnny Ace, and others. It works well on a conceptual level, but drastic jumps between styles and sound quality make it come off as more of an odd duck than a good idea. Most of these songs are cool, but do they really play well back to back? ~ Jim Smith, All Music Guide
Double Crossing Blues
05/12/1998
All Music Guide Review
Double Crossing Blues Track Listing
Credits of Double Crossing Blues
- Kevin Mitchell
- Drums
- Joe Morris
- Drums
- Muddy Waters
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Junior Parker
- Harmonica, Performer, Vocals
- Gary Rice
- Mastering
- Sonny Terry
- Harmonica, ?, Vocals, Performer
- Otis Spann
- Piano
- Marvell Thomas
- Piano
- Cookie Vee
- Tambourine, Vocals
- James Von Streeter
- Sax (Tenor)
- George Washington
- Trombone
- Phil Wiggins
- Harmonica, Vocals
- Albert Winston
- Bass
- Bill Dahl
- Liner Notes
- Ronnie Baker Brooks
- Guitar
- Galen Gart
- Photography
- Clara Smith
- Vocals, Performer
- Valerie Behling
- Art Direction, Design
- Conni Treantafeles
- Art Direction, Design
- Thomas R. Leavens
- Producer, Compilation
- Steve Devick
- Executive Producer
- Don Johnson
- Trumpet
- Stanley Miller
- Piano, Voices
- Mark Alano
- Art Direction, Design
- Jodie "Butterbeans" Edwards
- Vocals
- Robert Talley
- Trumpet
- Eddie B.
- Photography
- Justin Adams
- Guitar
- Leard Bell
- Drums
- Bo Diddley
- Guitar, Performer, Vocals
- Brownie McGhee
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer, ?
- Howlin' Wolf
- Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Performer, Harmonica
- Bob Bushnell
- Bass
- John Cephas
- Guitar, Vocals
- Cephas & Wiggins
- Performer
- Susie Hawthorne
- Vocals
- Frank Fields
- Bass
- Fred Ford
- Sax (Baritone)
- Earl Forest
- Drums
- Milt Gabler
- Producer
- Tom Giblin
- Keyboards
- Bill Gilbert
- Executive Producer
- Howard Grimes
- Drums
- Aaron Izenhall
- Trumpet
- Josh Jackson
- Sax (Tenor)
- Clifton James
- Drums
- Booker T. Jones
- Sax (Baritone)
- Leonard Lee
- Vocals
- Pete "Guitar" Lewis
- Guitar
- Johnny Ace
- Piano, Vocals, Performer
- Lee Allen
- Sax (Tenor)
- Shirley & Lee
- Performer
- Carla Thomas
- Vocals, Performer
- Rufus Thomas
- Vocals, ?, Performer
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Vocals
- Eddie Heywood
- Piano
- Louis Jordan
- Sax (Alto), Vocals, Performer
- Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Vocals, Performer
- Lonnie Brooks
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Charles Brown
- Vocals
- Buddy Guy
- Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Performer, ?
- Wynonie Harris
- Performer, ?
- Lonnie Johnson
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Amos Milburn
- Vocals, Performer, ?
- Matt "Guitar" Murphy
- Guitar
- Johnny Otis
- Vocals (Background)
- Bessie Smith
- Vocals, Performer
- Victoria Spivey
- Piano, Vocals, Performer
- Hubert Sumlin
- Guitar
- Koko Taylor
- Vocals, Performer
- Big Mama Thornton
- Vocals, Performer
- Big Joe Turner
- Performer
- Junior Wells
- Harmonica, Vocals, Performer, ?











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