Junior Watson - Long Overdue

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 62:58
Size: 144.2 MB
Styles: West Coast blues
Year: 1994
Art: Front

[2:39] 1. Certainly All
[4:31] 2. Lonesome Train
[4:17] 3. Biscuits
[5:09] 4. Frankie And Johnny
[5:14] 5. Mojo Boogie
[2:37] 6. That's What You Do To Me
[3:27] 7. The Woodpecker
[4:39] 8. Want Me Some Love
[3:55] 9. Big Boy
[2:19] 10. Long Time Baby
[3:10] 11. Special Lesson No. 1
[4:11] 12. Five Long Letters
[2:26] 13. Cool Evening
[2:12] 14. I Gotta Go (Back Home)
[5:24] 15. Lump In My Throat
[2:53] 16. The Train
[3:45] 17. Don't Leave Me Baby (The Easy Livin' Plan)

Giving jump blues and early R&B a kick in its baggy pants, Watson's aptly-titled solo debut revealed what only guitarists (the more conscientious of them) had known for more than a decade: Here is a 6-stringer of rare talent, with the unique ability to play authentically and spontaneously -- all-too-often contradictory paths in the late '70s blues revival. The best and most fitting compliment one could give a Watson solo is that it makes you laugh; this is blues of the rent party variety and Watson never lapses into the maudlin. Along with singers Brenda Burns and Lynwood Slim (on harp as well), Watson favors us with half a dozen surprisingly confident vocals. In fact, the only criticism is that his voice is sometimes too low in the mix. ~ Dan Forte

Personnel includes: Junior Watson (guitar); Larry Taylor, Richard Innes, Fred Kaplan, Bill Stuve.

Long Overdue

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