Harp player Carey Bell 'Harrington', born on the fourteenth of November in1936, died on the sixt of May in 2007 in Chicago, Illinois. In the years after he played with Willy Dixon and Muddy Waters amongst others he worked on his own beautiful musical career. A career in which he managed to get a couple of awards like in 1998 when he received the Blues Music Award for 'Traditional Male Artist of The Year'. His oldest son Lurrie, a guitar player, shared his fathers stage when he was just eight years old. In the seventies and eighties his talent for the guitar fully developed which resulted in being a welcome guest musician for many of the great names in music. In the meantime he succeeded in building up a tremendous solo career with a respectable number of albums. Thirty years after their first joint recording 'Heartaches and Pain' (Delmark 666) they now have a DVD called 'Getting' Up Live' (Delmark dvd 1791) which truly is an unique document. Father and son, two Chicago blues legends, are playing their asses off during these recordings. Filmed on three different locations, Rosa's Lounge, Buddy Guy's Legends and in Lurrie's home, you can witness how much they knew each other and what a team they were. Delightfully and honest Chicago blues straight from the heart. Better known songs as 'Baby Please Don't Go' and Leaving In The Morning' as well as less common songs like 'Low Down Dirty Shame' are what you can call blues songs who get you by the throat. Cozy and intimate it gets when we watch the recordings from Lurrie's home, 07-28-2006. 'Broke And Hungry' and 'When I Get Drunk' are just sublime. Of course there are also some special additions on this DVD, like an extremely interesting interview and both of their discographys. Mark: these recordings, besides some bonus tracks on the DVD, are also available on CD (Delmark DE 791).