One Track Mind: Koko Taylor, "Merry, Merry Christmas" (1992)

by Pico

This week's choice for OTM was dictated by two considerations: it needed to have a holiday theme and if it could augment the spirit of da' Slob's blues side, so much the better.

With potentially so many Christmas albums to comb through, I soon honed in on Alligator Record's fine 1992 blues-themed holiday compilation The Alligator Records Christmas Collection and it's lead off track, "Merry, Merry Christmas."

And why not? After all, this song was composed and sung by the reigning Queen Of The Blues herself, Koko Taylor.

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Obscuro: Mariani, Perpetuum Mobile (1970)

By Pico

When I first read about an album by Mariani called Perpetuum Mobile from 1970 and featuring Eric Johnson, two thoughts immediately came to mind. Either the "1970" part was a typo and "1980" was intended, or this was a different Eric Johnson than the Austin, Texas-based axe virtuoso known and worshiped by legions of electric guitar enthusiasts around the globe.

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