Saturday Night Blues (album)

Saturday Night Blues is a compilation album of recordings by Canadian blues performers, released by Stony Plain Records and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1991.[1] Subtitled "The Great Canadian Blues Project, Volume 1", the album was released as a tie-in to the CBC Radio program Saturday Night Blues, and was compiled from a mix of previously-released material, new unreleased recordings and performance tapes from the CBC Radio archives.[2] It was one of the first significant compilations of the work of Canadian blues artists.[3]

Saturday Night Blues: The Great Canadian Blues Project, Volume 1
Studio album by
Various artists
Released1991
Genreblues music
LabelStony Plain Records
Various artists chronology
Saturday Night Blues: The Great Canadian Blues Project, Volume 1
(1991)		 Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years
(2006)

The album was a cowinner, with Loreena McKennitt's The Visit, of the 1992 Juno Award for Best Roots and Traditional Album of the Year.[4]

A sequel album, Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years, was issued in 2006.

Critical response

Mark Miller of The Globe and Mail gave the album a mixed review, calling some of the songs excellent but criticizing the album for including only one woman and only one artist from the vibrant blues scene in Quebec.[3] Helen Metella of the Edmonton Journal reviewed the album positively, writing that "these 20 cuts acknowledge the tremendous variety and top drawer quality of northern blues."[2]

Track listing
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Danser le loup"Gerald Laroche3:01
2."No More Doggin'"Colin James4:16
3."Path to the Liquor Store"Jackson Delta3:36
4."I Need a Woman"Johnny V and The Houserockers3:32
5."Just Your Fool"Dutch Mason3:44
6."Thinking About You"Lester Quitzau4:07
7."Bert's Boogie"Amos Garrett3:05
8."Bad Luck Blues"Ken Hamm3:35
9."Love U 2 Much"Rita Chiarelli and the Road Rockets4:19
10."Pussy Footin'"Dean Cottrill2:50
11."Rockin' Little Boogie"Downchild Blues Band3:47
12."Goin' Down South"Bill Bourne3:02
13."Statellite Dish"Brent Sam Parkin and the Stingers3:32
14."Nothing to Show"The Drew Nelson Band4:19
15."T.V. Preacher Blues"Big Dave McLean and the Muddy-Tones3:15
16."Love of a Woman"Jack Semple and the Luxury Blues Band3:52
17."Hey Rosita"Paul James3:53
18."Tombstone Boogie"David Raven3:48
19."The Drifter"Roger Howse3:20
20."Clear But Confusing"Rusty Reed and the Southside Shuffle2:02

References
  1. "The continued blues revival added a cheery note; Stony Plain Records celebrated 15 good years in business". Edmonton Journal, January 2, 1992.
  2. "Northern blues package a meaty meal". Edmonton Journal, December 8, 1991.
  3. "Mining for great Canadian blues". The Globe and Mail, January 6, 1992.
  4. "Here's who took top music prizes". Vancouver Sun, March 31, 1992.
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