This is perhaps the best Chicago jump band record since Elmore James passed on. Hound Dog is 55, has maintained the HouseRockers for more than ten years on the South Side tavern circuit, and plays a mean Japanese guitar — tight and from the spleen. One listening to the thoroughly evil original, "See Me in the Evening," puts away every billion-dollar British blooze band in creation. The...

It is no small mark of Hound Dog Taylor's talent that the South Side of Chicago supported him through a long career devoid of hits. His music was intended for audiences who came to get rid of their blues and have a good time.

This album was recorded live and shows Taylor to best advantage. Mixing originals with standards, he rocks and rolls with command, displaying an exciting slide-guitar style....

A lot of record companies talk quite a Bit about their blues "product" but it's always been the small-label independents who really record and release the best blues discs. Alligator is a new company out of Chicago, where Chess and Vee Jay used to operate from. Needless to say, this disc is far superior to the most recent B.B. King or Muddy Waters albums– if you're really into the blues,...