The Hollywood Blue Flames began life in 1975 as The Hollywood Fats Band, led by guitar phenomenon Michael "Hollywood Fats" Mann, and featuring what was arguably the best traditional blues line-up this side of 1954 — featuring the multi-talented Al Blake on harmonica and vocals, bassist Larry Taylor fresh from Canned Heat, Richard Innes who had recently left The Rod Piazza Band and Lloyd Glenn protégé, Fred Kaplan on piano.Tragically Hollywood Fats died in 1986 at the young age of 32. This track features the new incarnation of The Fats Band, The Hollywood Blue Flames, now with Kirk "Eli" Fletcher on guitar.

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