Lurrie Bell
Waterfront Blues Festival
Portland, OR.
July 4, 2007

Recorded from KBOO FM again this year. KBOO is an all volunteer radio station that has been broadcasting this festival for 20 years. There will be some inherrent reception problems and some drops in the music from time to time, but I have tried to "fix" all where possible.

Recorded from FM > Sharp MD > HD > Wave Editor > FLAC > you

Enjoy the tunes, twofthrs


"Perhaps the most talented blues guitarist of his generation….eclectic, accidental genius..." Boston Phoenix

"If there is one Chicago blues child who perhaps epitomizes the blues life, it's Lurrie Bell…the premier guitarist in the Windy City," Boston Blues News

Blues child Lurrie Bell, son of famed Chicago harmonica legend Carey Bell, continues to be a bright spot on the Chicago blues scene. A gifted guitarist, he taught himself the instrument at age 6 and drew on the legends that hung around his house, including Muddy Waters, Eddie Taylor, Big Walter Horton, Eddie Campbell, Eddie Clearwater, Sunnyland Slim and Jimmy Dawkins. Bell worked his way onstage with Willie Dixon by age 17, and continued to wow audiences with stints with Koko Taylor and as a founding member of Son of the Blues with Willie Dixon’s son Freddie and harmonica player Billy Branch.

Bell has remained a traditionalist, playing dates and recording with his dad (including a stellar recording in 2004, “Second Nature,” on Alligator Records), as well as his own band.

Set List
1. don't you lie to me
2. i'm ready
3. five long years
4. unknown
5. everyday i have the blues