Chicago's 20th Anniversary Salute

Petrillo Band Shell, Grant Park, Chicago, IL
Chicago Blues Festival
05/31/2003

... featuring Billy Branch, Carl Weathersby, Melvin Taylor, Butch Dixon,
Barrelhouse Chuck, Matthew Skoller, Wayne Baker Brooks, Larry McCray,
Roy Hightower, Shirley Dixon, Shirley King, Koko Taylor and more...

Recorded from the 1st or 2nd row, right under the amps using a set of
Sound Professionals Premium Binaural Mics onto MiniDisc using a Sony MZ-R30.

Transferred 07/03/2009 from master MDs via analog into Zoom H2 (44.1kHz/16-bit).

Misc. editing and fades using Cool Edit Pro.

Chopped up using CD Wave Editor. Mastered to fit onto 2 CD-DA discs.

SBEs corrected using Trader's Little Helper. Logfiles included. ("-fixed" removed from filenames)

Encoded into FLAC (Level 7) using Trader's Little Helper.

Please forgive my incomplete setlist. If you have corrections, please
email them to Roy at roy_burns_cdrs@yahoo.com

Disc One (59:29)

01. intro (WXRT's Tom Marker, Shirley Dixon, Koko Taylor)
02. ??? (Matthew Skoller)
03. Root Doctor (Roy 'Root Doctor' Hightower)
04. Farewell To S.P. Leary (Barrelhouse Chuck)
05. ??? (Billy Branch & Melvin Taylor)
06. The Sky Is Crying (Melvin Taylor & Billy Branch)
07. Jump Through My Keyhole (Shirley King & Roy Hightower)
08. Last Night (Larry McCray)

Disc Two (42:32)

01. intro (Shirley Dixon)
02. Hey Joe (Stan Skippy on guitar/vocal, Louis Terry on bass, Steve McCray on drums)
03. Sooner Or Later (Wayne Baker Brooks)
04. I'm A Blues Man (Shirley Dixon, Billy Branch, Carl Weathersby, Wayne Baker Brooks, Butch Dixon)
05. Come To Papa (Carl Weathersby, Billy Branch)
06. ??? (Billy Branch)
07. Let The Good Times Roll (Shirley Dixon, Shirley King, Billy Branch)
08. Wang Dang Doodle (Koko Taylor)



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