by Bill Dahl
Not exactly the most incendiary outing that Chicago guitarist Mighty Joe Young has ever cut. This 1976 album was cut in France for Black & Blue with a handful of Chicago stalwarts, but the excitement that Young routinely summoned up back home is in short supply as he walks through &Sweet Home Chicago& and &Five Long Years.& Young's own &Takes Money& and &Need a Friend& are a definite improvement on those shopworn standards, but with only seven lengthy selections (&Teasing the Blues& runs 10:27), there isn't a lot to choose from.