BLUE SUIT BLUES TWO ACES & A JACK: HOT AS YOU GOT BS101D compact disc only  The  album that started the blues revival in Toledo and northwestern Ohio is now available on compact disc. Originally recorded in 1987, "Two Aces & A Jack: Hot As You Got" features the  late Big Jack Reynolds and Toledo's world reknowned blues brothers Art & Roman Griswold.

While growing up in Albany, Georgia Marshall "Big Jack" Reynolds came under the influence of some of the  greatest blues artists of the time. At fish fries and local concerts he heard the music of Lightnin' Hopkins, Memphis Slim, and Blind Lemon Jefferson. In the 1950s Reynolds moved to Detroit to become a part of the vital blues scene  there. At that point he weighed well over 200 pounds, which led to the name "Big Jack." In 1964 the Hi-Q label released one of Reynolds' compositions called "I Had a Little Dog." He also recorded on the Fortune  label during this period. His harmonica style reflects Sonny Boy Williamson, and his bottleneck slide guitar technique is reminiscent of Mississippi Fred McDowell. Art and Roman Griswold have been based in Toledo since the  mid-1950s. Like Reynolds, they played at Hines Farm, in rural northwestern Ohio and at one point they played in Big Jack Reynolds's band. At Hines Farm they heard and played with many of the artists who were on tour during the  heyday of the uan fold and blues revival, people like John Lee Hooker and Bobo Jenkins. Like Reynolds, Art and Roman Griswold made several records in the 1960s. They recorded on the Big Star and Fortune labels and produced one 45  rpm record themselves. Roman's loose and lanky movements and rolling hands and eyes are matched only by his high falsetto voice as he sings the songs that earned him the nickname "Romeo." Art's guitar talents are  accentuated by his ability to play crisp notes and fast runs while holding his instrument between his legs, or behind his back. Although both Reynolds and the Griswolds have released recordings since "Two Aces & A  Jack," their remarkably electric performances have never been captured so accurately as on this album. The Griswolds have toured the USA and recently Europe as well. Sadly Big Jack Reynolds passed away in 1993, but his music  will live on as long as this album is available

Art & Roman Griswold: Daddy, Daddy (Real Audio) to play Real Audio clips merely click on the note icon

	DETROIT JUNIOR: TURN UP THE HEAT

BS105C (cassette) BS105D (compact disc)  Blue Suit  Records is pleased to present "Turn Up The Heat," the first album length release by legendary blues pianist Detroit Junior. Recorded in Chicago, "Turn Up The Heat" features Detroit Junior cutting  loose on his own songs with Maurice John Vaughn and his band as well as pounding out his renditions of

"Bad Bad Whiskey" and "Killing Floor," classics by mentors Amos Milburn and Howlin' Wolf. Detroit Junior is a legendary figure in  the blues world, a great musician who made his mark nearly forty years ago and continues to play today. Detroit Junior was born Emery Williams, Jr in Arkansas in 1931. He grew up in southern Illinois and migrated farther north,  first to Detorit, hence his name. Williams eventually settled in Chicago and has been a part of the Chicago blues scene since the mid-1950s. Detroit credits Eddie Boyd as being an early Chicago influence and during the 50s and 60s  played with Lefty Dizz and Little Mack Simonds. With the success of his song "Money Tree" in 1960, Detroit formed his own band and recorded sides for a number of labels, including Chess. His songs such as "Call My  Job" were notable for their humor, not an ordinary blues topic. After this period Detorit joined Howlin' Wolf's band and played with Wolf for many years. Today Detroit Junior is regular in Chicago's blues clubs. "Turn Up  The Heat" is the first full length compilation of Detroit's mastery of the keyboard and allows a heretofore underrecorded blues great finally to get his well deserved due.  "Junior...finds the groove and never lets it waver" - Richard Kamins, Cadence Magazine  "splendido" - Angelo Morini, Il Blues

Detroit Junior: Got High Again (Real Audio) to play Real Audio clips merely click on the note icon

	MR BO: IF TROUBLE WAS MONEY

BS107D compact disc only  When Detroit blues artist Mr  Bo recorded this album in February, 1995 it had been 20 years since he had recorded professionally. Highly regarded for a handful of 45s he had recorded for various Detroit labels during the '50s, '60s and '70s, his  recording career had take a long hiatus while his live performing career continued to thrive. Louis Bo Collins was born on April 7, 1932 in Indianola, Mississippi; he moved north to Chicago

in 1946 and settled in Detroit in the early 1950s. Befriended by Washboard Willie, his growing interest in performing the blues was encouraged, and he was  soon playing house parties throughout Detroit, performing with the likes of Jhn Lee Hooker, Eddie Burns and Little Sonny. Under the name "Mr Bo," Collins began a recording career in 1959 which would eventually be  responsible for some of the finest blues ever to come out of Detroit. The singles reveal a singer and guitarist influenced by B B King and T-bone Walker, but they also reveal an artist who created a blues style that was uniquely  his own. Perhaps the most enduring recording from this period is "If Trouble Was Money," penned by his brother Little Mac Collins and covered by many since its 1966 release. This disc contains some of the best of Mr Bo's  classic songs and some new original compositions. Backed by a strong band with which he had played the past several years, he used these sessions to lay down track after tarc of some of the finest music of his life. Sly, Mr Bo  never lived to see this album issued. On September 19, 1995 he succumbed to pneumonia at Detroit's Harper Hostipal. Only 63, Mr Bo's death brought to a close the career of one of Detroit's finest blues artists. The blues on  "If Trouble Was Money" serve as a testament to the career of Louis Mr Bo Collins.