Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials

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$15. Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials specialize in a particularly wide-ranging style of Chicago blues, leaning hard on the boogie. That band had been kicking around the city’s blues scene for years before they were signed by the famed Chicago blues label Alligator Records, which released their debut Roughhousin’ in 1986. More than three decades later, the regional blues festival staples are still on the label, which released the band’s ninth and most recent album The Big Sound Of… in 2016.