This was the first Buddy Guy album I owned, and I've never heard a better one by him. It sounds like it was recorded "live" in the studio, with minimal or no overdubs, and Buddy's playing is absolutely frenetic! If you like Buddy Guy and you don't know this album, do not fail to check it out.
Well, B.B. and I agree then. I think it's his best album too. The thing you need to know about this album is that there are no horns, no electric bass, no electric keyboards. Does anyone know of another B.B. King album like that? If you do, please let me know about it! This is B.B., a piano, an upright bass, and drums. That's it. So when B.B. cuts loose there is no sonic distraction, and the listener is rewarded with his purest recorded playing. Just beautiful stuff! Slow tunes like "You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now," and shuffles such as "Walking Doctor Bill" are both among the absolute best in B.B.'s catalog. If you dig B.B. King you simply must have this record!
Now Playing: Albert King - Thursday Night In San Francisco From the run that produced the Live Wire / Blues Power album. Great version of Stormy Monday and Drifting Blues. Playing the 1990 Stax vinyl.
Savoy Brown, " Hellbound Train" w/ "Streetcorner Talking". It's a 'two-fer' on one CD ( BGO label ) , so I just count it as one record. An absolutely stellar pair of efforts from the mighty Savoy !
Just like it was.......Yesterday, Last Week, Last Year, Next Year & Likely to also be in 2028; Albert King Born Under A Bad Sign
Fleetwood Mac debut... besides "I Loved Another Woman" if this album was released today, I would yawn... but for some reason I find this album utterly charming (except for "Hellhound")... I love the Green era but this debut doesn't even hint at what was to come... for an LP recorded in '68 it's actually three or four years behind the curve... despite that, I am utterly charmed by their wide eyed earnestness... and Jeremy's numbers work here... later on, I begin to find his Elmore James obsession driven into the ground... here, they fit like a glove...
Scored a Sundaze Paul Butterfield -East West, Stax original Albert King - I Play The Blues For You and a Bullfrog Otis Rush - Right Place Wrong Time pressing at my local shop that was having a 30 % off used vinyl sale. The Albert King and Otis Rush were first time listens and loved both of them. The Butterfield is a long time favorite on CD so looking forward to hearing it on vinyl.
Includes Bill Black on bass, Jeremy Johnson on guitar, Bruce McCabe on piano & organ Great 50's sounding album.
This is a permanent top ten blues album for me, and, alongside Junior Wells' Hoodoo Man Blues, show Buddy at the height of his considerable powers. And the band rivals the best of Muddy Waters' combos.
Don’t know this. Love Spann. Very curious. Sounds like I now know what’ll be my next favorite blues record today, as soon as I find this!
Steve Howell and the Mighty Men - "Good As I Been to You". Guest vocalist Katy Hobgood Roy. Pre-war blues. Spankin' new CD.
Otis Spawn with Peter Green, Dany Kirwan, John McVie and S.P Leary. A pretty good combination, right? Pure cream ! Indispensable if you like the old Fleetwood Mac.
My favorite Spann collection is Good Morning Mr Blues / Blues Masters Vol 10. Mostly solo, beautifully recorded. There's not much in recorded blues more majestic than Spann's left hand.
