Shattered Dreams: Funky Blues 1967-78

Drawn from the vaults of such influential labels as Stax, Modern and Jotis, this exciting music comes from major names including Little Milton, Lowell Fulsom and Albert King, using all the skills gathered through years on the chitlin' circuit to keep themselves relevant to record buying audiences of the day. Elsewhere we have both terminally obscure and cult heroes. Finis Tasby and Smokey Wilson created music of great worth that was rarely heard at the time, never mind 40 years later.

In recent years funky blues has started to be a sought-after genre, especially with funk collectors and numbers such as Tasby's It Took A Long Time, Slim Green's Shake It Up and Buddy Guy's I'm Not The Best would all fill a floor. The blues guys could certainly hit a groove, but if Shattered Dreams captures anything it is a sense of despair you can hear as Smokey Wilson sings You Shattered My Dreams. Despair for an age that was passing away.