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NEWSLETTER #127
Blues & Gospel
Blind Lemon Jefferson - > Jim Wynn
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"BROADWAY" TUCKER |
Blue Movie 7014 |
Impromptu Blue |
● CD $14.98 |
New album from West Coast bluesman Tucker with a small band
with Bill Heid on piano and organ, Dave Workman/ guitar and others plus
horns on some tracks. Tucker is a good, powerful singer and he performs a
mix of blues and soul favorites (The Woman I LOve/ I'm A Jealous Man/
Help Me/ Tin Pan Alley, etc.) and the band does a good job though Heid's
organ work is sometimes abit intrusive..
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| BIG JOE TURNER |
Collectables 6327 |
The Boss of the Blues |
● CD $11.98 |
Reissue of excellent 1956 album - 10 blues standards with
Joe in top form accompanied by Pete Johnson, Freddie Green, Joe Newman, Pete
Brown and others - with original notes by Whitney Balliet. Cherry Red/
Little Girl/ Wee Baby/ How Long/ St Louis Blues, etc.
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| STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN |
Epic-Legacy 86423 |
The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double
Trouble |
● CD $24.98 |
Two CDs, 33 tracks, very good
While there's nothing new
here, "The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble" does offer great
bang for the buck. With a good cross-section of studio and 'Live'
performance recordings that feature wrenching vocals and muscular guitar,
there are heavy doses of Texas thunder in Pride And Joy/ Love Struck Baby,
and Texas Flood, Hendrix excursions in Voodoo Child and
Little Wing, and some of Vaughan's later material after successfully
overcoming his addictive nature where he sounded much more focused and
grounded; Crossfire/ Tightrope/ Wall Of Denial, and Life By The
Drop. For those new to Stevie Ray, there isn't a better introduction to
his crushing abilities, and for those familiar with this material,
remastering has improved the sonics considerably. (CR)
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| EDDIE VINSON |
Classics 5042 |
The Chronological Eddie Vinson, 1947-1949 |
● CD $16.98 |
The second chronological collection of this distinctive
performer features 20 tracks recorded between June 1947 and August 1949.
Eddie uses his distinctive vocal squeal a little too often for my liking but
there are some fine performances here of songs like When I Get Drunk/
Wrong Girl Blues/ Alimony Blues/ I Took The Front Door In/ I'm Gonna Wind
Your Clock/ I'm Weak But Willing and others plus some tasty jazz
instrumentals.
EDDIE VINSON: Alimony Blues/ Ashes On My Pillow/ Eddie's Bounce/ Ever-Ready
Blues/ Featherbed Mama/ Friday Fish Fry/ Have You Ever Missed Your Baby/
High Class Blues/ I Took The Front Door In/ I'm Gonna Wind Your Clock/ I'm
Weak But Willing/ No Good Woman Blues/ Oil Man Blues/ Shavetail/ Some Women
Do/ Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red/ Wandering Mind Blues/ When I Get
Drunk/ Winola/ Wrong Girl Blues
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| JOE LOUIS WALKER |
Evidence 26126 |
Pasa Tiempo |
● CD $15.98 |
9 tracks, 45 minutes, fair
Walker's musical journey has
indeed been a long one, and with "Pasa Tiempo", he delivers his third
recording for as many labels in 2002. His latest finds him in the company of
a small band including Barry Goldberg's B-3 work along with too much muted
trumpet from Wallace Roney, plus a rhythm section. Over the course of an
entire CD, his voice can become grating, but thankfully, he refrains from
falsetto histrionics. Unfortunately, what's here of interest to blues fans
is far too little. He offers a fine instrumental version of It Hurts Me
Too with plenty of solid slide work and a fair outing on You Can't
Sit Down, but the remaining tracks are covers of Otis Redding, Van
Morrison, John Hiatt, and Boz Scaggs. While Joe Louis Walker can certainly
raise the temperature when playing blues, many will be left cold this time
around. (CR)
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| JIMMY WITHERSPOON |
Collectables 6198 |
Hey Mrs. Jones! |
● CD $11.98 |
Reissue of 1961 Reprise album featuring 'Spoon with a large
group arranged and conducted by H.B. Barnum including strings on some
tracks. 'Spoon is in fine voice on a collection of blues and R&B standards
plus some jazz and pop songs. Songs include Hey, Mrs. Jones/ Tanya/ Have
Faith/ Lovey Dovey/ I Don't Know/ Wee Baby Blues/ Pink Champagne, etc.
Musicians include Gerald Wilson, Frank Rosolino, Ben Webster, Harold Land,
Earl Palmer and others. I'm not crazy about the tracks with strings but the
big band arrangements of Lovey Dovey and Willie Mabon's I Don't
Know are a delight.
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| BILLY WRIGHT |
Classics 5046 |
The Chronological Billy Wright, 1949-1951 |
● CD $14.98 |
Excellent collection of 22 early sides by this fine and
important vocalist from Atlanta - he was an influence on Little Richard and
James Brown among others. It includes his R&B hits Blues For My Baby/ You
Satisfy/ Stacked Deck and Hey Little Girl.
BILLY WRIGHT: After Dark Blues/ Back Biting Woman/ Billy's Boogie Blues/
Blues For My Baby/ Drinkin' And Thinkin'/ Fore Day Blues/ Gotta Find My
Baby/ Heavy Hearted Blues/ Hey Little Girl/ I Keep Drinking/ Keep Your Hands
On My Heart/ Married Woman's Boogieá/ Empty Hands/ Mean Old Wine/ Mercy,
Mercy/ New Way Of Lovin'/ Restless Blues/ Stacked Deck/ Thinkin' Blues/ This
Love Of Mine/ When The Wagon Comes/ You Satisfy
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