Charlie Musselwhite Band - Rough Dried: Live At The Triple Door (2008)

Blues harpist Charlie Musselwhite is often compared with his contemporary Paul Butterfield, both artists blowing through the mid-1960s Chicago blues scene like a hurricane. Whereas the Chicago-born Butterfield's chops mimicked those of his Windy City heroes, masters like Little Walter and Junior Wells, Musselwhite came to town after making his bones studying with Memphis blues legends like Furry Lewis and Will Shine, a distinction that always lent a certain amount of Delta grit to Musselwhite's recordings.
Musselwhite relocated to the San Francisco area during the late-1960s, and through the years that have followed, has earned a reputation as a soulful vocalist, trailblazing harmonica player, and dynamic live performer. Over the course of four decades and close to two dozen albums, though, Musselwhite's reputation as a live performer has been ill-served on album. With the release of Rough Dried: Live At The Triple Door, Musselwhite delivers an impressive live document that should satisfy his long-suffering fans.