01. Speak My Mind
02. If You Change Your Mind
03. Too Much Pride
04. What Can You Get Outside That You Can't Get At Home
05. The Same Mistake Twice
06. 20% Alcohol
07. Hip Shakin'
08. The Feeling is Gone
09. Notoriety Woman
10. Too Late
11. Send Her Home To Me
12. Hawk Squat
13. I'll Cry Tomorrow
14. Speak My Mind (Alternate)
15. Too Much Pride (Alternate)
16. Hawk Squat (Alternate)
17. Same Mistake Twice (Alternate)
18. Speak My Mind (Alternate 2)

J.B. Hutto – vocals, guitar
Sunnyland Slim – piano, organ
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre - Sax (Tenor)
Herman Hassell - Bass
Dave Myers - Bass
Junior Pettis – Bass
Lee Jackson - Guitar
Frank Kirkland – drums

The raw-as-an-open-wound Chicago slide guitarist J.B. Hutto outdid himself throughout an outrageously raucous album (most of it waxed in 1966) anchored by an impossible-to-ignore "Hip-Shakin'," the blaring title cut, and savage renditions of "20% Alcohol" and "Notoriety Woman." Sunnyland Slim augments Hutto's Hawks on organ, rather than his customary piano. --- Bill Dahl, allmusic.com

Connotatively speaking, an idealist is someone who has crystal-clear ideas of how life should be. S/he holds lofty yet precise ideals – hence the term – in mind, and hopes for them to become reality. In the music world, idealists are the “purest of the purists”. What is their ideal of pure blues? One prime example is the remastered and re-released album Hawk Squat, by J.B. Hutto (uncle of Lil’ Ed, of Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials) and his Hawks. It’s raw electric Chicago blues. It’s not polished. It’s not slick. It’s some people’s idea of what the electric blues ought to be. Just how fantastic is this CD? Not only is it worthy of one’s reference collection, but in 2014, the National Blues Foundation inducted Hawk Squat into its Hall of Fame for “Classic of Blues Recording: Album”. Its vintage is the Age of Aquarius, with all eighteen original tracks (six previously unissued) from 1966 and 1968. This is more than a J.B. Hutto reboot. It’s a total re-mastery of slide guitar blues that conquered the Windy City. According to Dusty Groove.com, “Hutto’s a killer right from the start – singing and playing [slide] with a ferocity that easily matches, if not beats, the bigger ‘60s names on Chess Records….”

Helping Hutto catapult to fame, both then and now, are Lee Jackson on guitar, Sunnyland Slim on piano and organ, Junior Pettis, Dave Myers, and Herman Hassell on bass, Frank Kirkland on drums, and Maurice McIntyre on tenor sax.

The 20-page book hidden within the Deluxe Edition CD cover reveals: “Hawk Squat was born at Turner’s Lounge at 39th and Indiana, on Chicago’s South Side. Fifty cents would gain you entry and a beer. Not having that dollar charge at the door made Turner’s rowdier than other clubs.” Hutto’s masterpiece contains no elevator muzak. It showcases tunes tailor-made for people like one unfortunate patron of Turner’s, who got kicked out of both the men’s and the ladies’ room. Here are a few of the most powerful tracks:

Track 01: “Speak My Mind” (Original Version), Track 14, and Track 18 (Alternate Version) – OWW! This is the cry of ecstasy that those who crave Chicago blues will give once they hear J.B.’s fiery intro. Everything in the blues trifecta is here: lump-de-lump rhythm, a timeless theme of a girl who “just ain’t no good”, and robust ensemble sound.

Track 06: “20% Alcohol” – What better place to play a die-hard drinking song than in a bar? Featuring the clearest lyrics on the album, track six is a warning to our narrator’s wayward love: “Girl, you ain’t no belle. You’ve been drinking and cheating, girl – 20% alcohol.”

Track 12: “Hawk Squat” (Original Version) and Track 16 (Alternate Version) – One of the most honored traditions in blues songs is having members of a band take turns playing the lead part. The explosive Squat features all the Hawks in top form. This is great news for dancers and lovers of instrumental technique. --- Rainey Wetnight, bluesblastmagazine.com

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1 Please Help  	6:10 	
2 Lulubelle's Here 	3:39 	
3 Tell Me Mama		5:22 	
4 Angel Face		5:07 	
5 I Feel So Good	4:49 	
6 Leave Your Love In Greater Hands	3:06 	
7 Lone Wolf	6:05 	
8 That's The Truth	4:41 	
9 My Heart Is Achin' To Love You	4:09 	
10 Look At The Yonder Wall	3:45 	
11 Combination Boogie		3:31 	

Musicians:
J.B. Hutto – guitar, vocals
Steve Coveney – guitar
Kenny Krombholz – bass
Leroy Pina – drums

J.B. Hutto -- along with Hound Dog Taylor -- was one of the last great slide guitar disciples of Elmore James to make it into the modern age. Hutto's huge voice, largely incomprehensible diction, and slash-and-burn playing was Chicago blues with a fierce, raw edge all its own. He entered the world of music back home in Augusta, GA, singing in the family-oriented group the Golden Crowns Gospel Singers. He came north to Chicago in the mid-'40s, teaching himself guitar and eventually landing his first paying job as a member of Johnny Ferguson & His Twisters. His recording career started in 1954 with two sessions for the Chance label supported by his original combo the Hawks (featuring George Mayweather on harmonica, Porkchop Hines on washboard traps, and Joe Custom on rhythm guitar), resulting in six of the nine songs recorded being issued as singles to scant acclaim. After breaking up the original band, Hutto worked outside of music for a good decade, part of it spent sweeping out a funeral parlor! He resurfaced around 1964 with a stripped-down version of the Hawks with two guitars and drums but no bass, working regularly at Turner's Blue Lounge and recording blistering new sides for the first time in as many years.

From there, he never looked back and once again became a full-time bluesman. For the next 12 years Hutto gigged and recorded with various groups of musicians -- always billed as the Hawks -- working with electric bass players for the first time and recording for small labels, both in the U.S. and overseas. After fellow slide man Hound Dog Taylor's death in 1976, J.B. "inherited" his backup band, the Houserockers. Although never formally recorded in a studio, this short-lived collaboration of Hutto with guitarist Brewer Phillips and drummer Ted Harvey produced live shows that would musically careen in a single performance from smolderingly intense to utter chaos. Within a year, Hutto would be lured to Boston, where he put together a mixed group of "New Hawks," recording and touring America and Europe right up until his death in the mid-'80s. Hutto was an incredibly dynamic live performer, dressed in hot pink suits with headgear ranging from a shriner's fez to high-plains drifters' hats, snaking through the crowd and dancing on tabletops with his 50-foot guitar cord stretched to the max. And this good-time approach to the music held sway on his recordings as well, giving a loose, barroom feel to almost all of them, regardless of who was backing him. ---Cub Coda, allmusic.com

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01. Pretty Baby (4:36)                   play
02. Why Do Things Happen To Me (5:17)
03. New Hawks Walk (3:43)
04. Eighteen Year Old Girl (4:16)
05. Black's Ball (2:55)
06. Soul Over (3:00)
07. Somebody Loan Me a Dime (2:58)
08. Jealous Hearted Woman (5:50)          play
09. Little Girl Dressed In Blue (3:07)
10. I'm Leaving You (2:44)
J.B. Hutto - Guitar & Vocals
Brian Bisesi - Guitar
Kenny Krumbholz - Bass
Leroy Pina - Drums
and
Ron Levy - Piano
Greg Piccolo, Doug James & Rich Lataille – Horns

Much smoother production by Scott Billington than was normal for Hutto's scathing output, but not alarmingly so. With pianist Ron Levy and the Roomful of Blues horn section augmenting Hutto's New Hawks, the slide guitarist did himself proud on covers of Fenton Robinson's "Somebody Loan Me a Dime" and Junior Parker's "Pretty Baby," alongside a passel of his own distinctive compositions. ---Bill Dahl, allmusic.com

J. B. Hutto (April 26, 1926 – June 12, 1983) was an American blues musician, born Joseph Benjamin Hutto. Hutto was influenced by Elmore James, and became known for his slide guitar work and declamatory style of singing. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame two years after his death. After Hound Dog Taylor died in 1975, Hutto took over his band the Houserockers for a time, and in the late 1970s he moved to Boston and recruited a new band which he called the New Hawks, with whom he recorded further studio albums for the Varrick label. His 1983 Varrick album Slippin' & Slidin', the last of his career and later reissued on CD as Rock With Me Tonight, has been described as "near-perfect".

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1. J.B.'s Boogie
2. You Don't Have To Go
3. Sixteen Year Old Boy
4. Kansas City            play
5. Dust My Broom
6. Killing Floor
7. Hip Shakin'
8. Worried Life Blues     play
9. Don't You Lie To Me
10. Walking The Dog
11. Too Much Alcohol

Musicians:
Mike Allen (Piano), 
Ted Harvey (Drums), 
J.B. Hutto (Guitar, Vocals), 
Brewer Phillips (Guitar, Vocals), 
Mark Harris (Bass), 

Culled from a couple of nights in a Boston jazz club and recorded on a cassette deck with two microphones, this stunning document of Hutto with Hound Dog Taylor's band in support gives new meaning to the phrase raw'n'steamy. Although the trio is fleshed out at this point by the addition of a fairly obtrusive bass player (Mark Harris) and a guest piano man on a couple of tracks, the sheet metal tone of Phillips' and Hutto's twin Telecaster attack cuts through the murkiest of mixes and Ted Harvey swings mightily. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

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J.B. Hutto – Slidewinder 1973

1. Boogie Right-On [6:22]
2. Slidewinder [5:59]
3. Blues Do Me a Favor [3:46]
4. Precious Stone [3:29]
5. Young Hawk's Crawl [3:24]
6. Too Late [4:40]
7. Leeter from My Baby [3:37]
8. Shy Voice [4:49]

Bombay Carter (bass);
J. B. Hutto (vocals, guitar); 
Lee Jackson (guitar); 
Elbert Buckner (drums).

Disappointing Delmark encore from 1972 suffers from Bombay Carter's frequently out-of-tune electric bass and a comparatively uninspired song selection. ---Bill Dahl, allmusic.com

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01. Dust My Broom 3:25
02. Mistake in Life 2:37
03. Goin' Down Slow 3:47
04. Lula Belle's Here 3:15
05. She's So Sweet 3:53
06. My Kind of Woman 3:12
07. Pet Cream Man 2:45
08. Blues Stay Away from Me 4:37
09. The Girl I Love 3:28
10. Sloppy Drunk 3:05
11. Wild Wild Woman 2:36
12. Bluebird 2:46

Lee Jackson (bass);
J.B. Hutto (vocals, guitar); 
Johnny Young (guitar); 
Big Walter Horton (harmonica); 
Fred Below (drums).

1966 was a banner year for Hutto and his Hawks -- in addition to laying down the lion's share of his killer Delmark album, the slide master also waxed a similarly incendiary set for Pete Welding's Testament logo. Vicious versions of "Pet Cream Man," "Lulubelle's Here," and "Bluebird" are but a few of its charms, with Big Walter Horton's unmistakable harp winding through the proceedings. ---Bill Dahl, allmusic.com

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1 I Feel So Good 
2 Lula Belles Here 
3 Leave Your Love in Greater Hands 
4 Thats the Truth 
5 My Heart is Achin to Love You 
6 J. B. S Crawl 
7 Please Help 
8 Angel Face 
9 Tell Me Mama
10 Lone Wolf
11 Look At Yonder Wall
12 Combination Boogie

J.B. Hutto (vocals, guitar); 
Steve Coveney (guitar); 
Kenny Krumbholz (bass guitar); 
Leroy Pina (drums).

While he was not in top shape during the early '80s, J.B. Hutto could still bend strings, churn out whiplash chords, and offer exuberant shouts, which he did on this '82 set, reissued on a '92 CD with two bonus cuts. He did not always hit every note on the fretboard or maintain his vocal depth, but his spirit never flagged. Hutto's jagged lines, energized vocals, and inspiring presence made his originals standouts, while his covers of Little Walter Jacobs' "Tell Me Mama" and Elmore James' "Look At The Yonder Wall" resonated with the quality that only a genuine blues survivor could provide. The backing band of guitarist Steve Coveney, bassist Kenny Krumbholz, and drummer Leroy Pina gave Hutto good support, wisely yielding him the spotlight, where he belongs. ---Ron Wynn, allmusic.com

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