1. Freeman Stowers: Railroad Blues (1929)
2. State Street Boys: Crazy About You (1935)
3. Carver Boys: Wang Wang Harmonica Blues (1929)
4. Lee Brown: My Driving Wheel (1939)
5. Clarence Ashley / Gwen Foster: Bay Rum Blues (1933)
6. Robert Hill: I'm Going To Write And Tell Mother (1936)
7. Chuck Darling: Blowin' The Blues (1930)
8. Chuck Darling: Harmonica Rag (1930)
9. Jaybird Coleman: Man Trouble Blues (1930)
10. Jazz Gillum: I Want You By My Side (1936)
11. Alfred Lewis: Friday Moan Blues (1930)
12. Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton: House Snake Blues (1928)
13. Bobbie Leecan & Robert Cooksey: Need More Blues  (1926)
14. DeFord Bailey: Davidson County Blues (1928)

It is not difficult to imagine why the harmonica should have been a favorite among bluesmen; its price, portability and loud volume made it ideal for them. Moreover, the harmonica was perhaps the best suited of all blues instruments to imitate and exaggerate the sound of the human voice. It could produce glissandos and vibratos that even a bottleneck guitarist would have been hard put to duplicate. --- yazoorecords.com

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1.    Down Home Blues
2.    Who
3.    Keep Your Hands Out Of My Pockets
4.    Little Car Blues
5.    My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble
6.    Broke And Hungry
7.    Hit Man
8.    Black Night
9.    Somebody Changed The Lock
10.    Second Hand Man
11.    New Kid On The Block

Personnel: 
James Cotton, Junior Wells, Carey Bell, Billy Branch (vocals, harmonica); 
Michael Coleman (guitar); 
Lucky Peterson (bass); 
Ray "Killer" Allison (drums).

Four Chicago harmonica greats, one eminently solid album. Teamed with Junior Wells, Billy Branch, and Carey Bell, Cotton sings Willie Love's Delta classic "Little Car Blues" and Charles Brown's "Black Night." Wells trades harp solos and vocals, standing front and center on a fine rendition of Sonny Boy II's "Keep Your Hands Out of My Pockets" and the tailor-made "Somebody Changed the Lock" and "Broke and Hungry," obviously relishing the camaraderie between himself and his fellow harmonica giants. Meanwhile, Branch's showcases are the apt original "New Kid on the Block" and a deft cover of Little Walter's "Who." ---Bill Dahl, Rovi

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1. Walking Thru the Park	Carey Bell	4:25	
2. Keyhole in Your Door	Snooky Pryor	4:43
3. I Miss You Baby	Raful Neal	6:56
4. Strange Things Happen	Snooky Pryor	3:20
5. I Made Up My Mind	Snooky Pryor	2:59
6. Let Your Hair Down	Snooky Pryor	5:02
7. What My Mama Told Me	Carey Bell	4:41	
8. I Hear You Knockin'	Lazy Lester	3:36	
9. Shake My Hand	Snooky Pryor	4:30	
10. Starlight Diamond	Lazy Lester	7:21
11. She's Nineteen Years Old	Snooky Pryor	6:16
12. Blood Stains on the Wall	Snooky Pryor	4:06	
13. Harp to Harp	Snooky Pryor	8:09

Carey Bell – harmonica, vocals
Lazy Lester – harmonica, guitar, vocals
Raful Neal – harmonica, vocals
Snooky Pryor – harmonica, vocals
Anthony Geraci – piano
Kid Bangham – guitar
Michael Ward - bass
Per Hanson - drums

1999's Superharps was a great record featuring four top blues harmonica players. Two years later, Superharps II was an attempt to duplicate the success with four other harmonica wizards (in this case Carey Bell, Lazy Lester, Raful Neal, and Snooky Pryor), but the sequel is much more routine. Too much of the material is taken at the same slow-medium tempo, there are far too many vocals, and the soloists rarely stretch out much. There are five individual features, eight songs that have two harmonicas, and a remake of the closing "Harp to Harp," which has all four harmonica players. But lightning failed to strike the second time around; get the original Superharps instead. ---Scott Yanow, Rovi

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•	I Put My Baby Out 
•	The Hucklebuck 
•	Blues, Why Do You Worry Me? 
•	Life Will Be Better 
•	Mean Little Mama 
•	T.D.'s Boogie Woogie 
•	If I Should Have Bad Luck 
•	I'm Gonna Steal Your Baby 
•	Route 66 
•	You're So Fine 
•	Harp To Harp 

Musicians:
Billy Branch (harmonica); 
James Cotton (harmonica); 
Charlie Musselwhite (harmonica);
Sugar Ray Norcia (harmonica);
Kid Bangham (guitar); 
Anthony Geraci (piano); 
Per Hanson (drums); 
David Maxwell (piano); 
Michael Ward (bass).

Four great blues harmonica players (James Cotton, Billy Branch, Charlie Musselwhite, and Sugar Ray Norcia) are featured in various combinations on this spirited disc, backed by a four-piece rhythm section (with guitarist Kid Bangham and pianist Anthony Geraci). Cotton and Norcia have solo pieces, seven numbers feature two harmonicas, and the lengthy low-down blues "Harp to Harp" has all four of the harmonica players taking turns soloing. Much of the material is jazz-oriented, including "The Hucklebuck," "TD's Boogie Woogie," and "Route 66," and the majority of the selections are instrumentals. Each of the harmonica players sounds inspired and the results are consistently exciting and swinging. – Scott Yanow, Rovi

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