J.B. Hutto & the New Hawks

• Slippin' and Slidin' [Varrick, 1984] B+

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Slippin' and Slidin' [Varrick, 1984]
Good new Chicago-style blues albums are rare occurrences that fall into two categories. On last year's, A.C. Reed enlivened an ordinary-plus groove with hilarious-minus material. On this year's, the now deceased slide guitar king makes his tightest and most raucous recorded music since 1968's definitive Hawk Squat! He gets telling (and tellingly understated) help from the Roomful of Blues horns. Telling-minus material would have helped even more. B+