This album was the first time I heard ‘If you don’t like my taters, don’t you tickle my vine.’ It’s cute, but I don’t think anyone really ever said it. This was a pretty impressive group of kids playing blues standards on this LP. The liner notes called the guitar playing of Henry Vestine ‘incendiary,’ which is about right. Larry Taylor probably sold as many records as Muddy Waters—he played bass on Last Train to Clarksville by the Monkees. Al Wilson wrote scholarly analysis about Robert Pete Williams and Son House, which help prompt academics to take the blues seriously. He was also good on slide guitar and harmonica. Frank Cook had experience with pop success drumming behind Shirley Ellis and Dobie Gray.
The band sold well. This album made it to #76 on the charts, says Wikipedia. The band played at the Monterrey Pop Festival in 1967, as well as Woodstock. They had three big hit singles.
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