For much of the 1970s and '80s, guitarist
Mighty Joe Young
"owned" Chicago's cozy Wise Fools Pub -- at least musically speaking. He was the club's top draw, but this live disc, caught at the late and still-lamented Wise Fools, finds him sticking to the tiredest of warhorses. "Stormy Monday," "Turning Point," "That's All Right," and "I Can't Quit You Baby" may have wowed the homefolks, but they don't hold up all that well when transferred to the digital format.
Young's
quartet features
Freddie King's
brother,
Benny Turner
, on bass, and
Lafayette Leake
on piano. ~ Bill Dahl