No blues tandem in recent memory has given more alternately brilliant and infuriating performances as the duo of
Junior Wells
and
Buddy Guy
. They can inspire or anger, stimulate or disgust, amaze or bore. They were in a great groove during the selections recorded at this concert for Isabel. They have been recently reissued with two bonus cuts as part of Evidence's huge cache of blues material.
Wells
' often rambling, sometimes disjointed and unorganized vocals were not only focused on this occasion but delivered with verve, direction, and intensity.
Guy
stayed in the background, but when summoned, played with less flair and more power, dispensing with distortion and feedback gimmicks and providing neat fills, slashing lines, and meaty riffs. Fine
/
material that is close, if not completely equal to, their best. ~ Ron Wynn