Dale Copeland

First-time collection of studio sessions and live jams from the late, great Stevie Ray, most of them previously unissued! Tracks with Albert King, Paul Butterfield, Marcia Ball, his early patron David Bowie, touring partner Jeff Beck, his brother Jimmie, Bonnie Raitt, Lonnie Mack, Albert Collins and many more.

Rarely has the primal excitement of the electric blues guitar been so voraciously and expertly illustrated on one compilation than on Screaming And Crying, renowned British blues buff Neil Slaven s monumental homage to the music which shaped both his life and a whole generation. Over three discs and 75 tracks, the set straddles the spectrum of the electrified blues which fuelled the British R&B boom of the 1960s and beyond, mixing much-feted names such as Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley with more deliciously obscure outings by the likes of Doctor Ross and Guitar Shorty. Slaven s liner notes outline the story behind the roughshod classics which bust out of the set, whether screaming with the joy of musical release, or crying in a pool of despair, both amplified through jacked-up guitar strings.