This excellent collection features eight little-known blues artists who recorded for Bill Quinn's Gold Star label in Houston. There are 27 tracks in all -- split unequally between acoustic guitar/vocal (16) and piano/vocal (11). Lil' Son Jackson is perhaps the best-known, and his ten tracks are all good, rocking acoustic blues. There are also tunes by
L.C. Williams, a polished and imaginative guitarist, and one magnificent track by the obscure
Buddy Chiles. ~ Larry Hoffman