VA - House Rockin' And Blues Shoutin'!: Celebrating 15 Years Of The Rhythm Room

Size: 138,0 MB
Time: 58:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2007
Styles: Harmonica Blues, Modern Electric Blues
Art: Full

01 The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Goin' Away Baby (5:03)
02 Finis Tasby - Lonesome Bedroom (3:56)
03 Long John Hunter - Long John's Country Blues (3:28)
04 Floyd Dixon - Please Don't Go (2:48)
05 Big Pete Pearson & The Rhythm Room All-Stars - That's All Right (5:04)
06 Kid Ramos - Henry's Houserocker (3:12)
07 The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Rich Woman (3:43)
08 Sonny Rhodes - My Bleeding Heart (4:36)
09 Paul Oscher - That's It (2:20)
10 Chief Schabuttie Gilliame - Monkey Meat (6:25)
11 Robert Lockwood Jr. - C.C. Rider (4:44)
12 The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Horsin' Around (5:09)
13 Louisiana Red - Time Will Tell (4:20)
14 Billy Boy Arnold - Two Drinks Of Wine (3:29)

In certain genres, the live album is a perilous affair, fraught with the danger that the live performance will fail to match the more polished magic of the studio. With certain genres like the blues, however, the immediacy of the live performance is frequently the desired result, even in the studio. House Rockin' and Blues Shoutin' captures the live performances of a handful of bands, singers, and musicians delving deep into electric blues at the Rhythm Room in Phoenix. The standards of the genre are on full display in this collection, from soulful singing to electric guitar and harp work to tried and true lyrics about hard-living and no-good women. Featured performers include the Fabulous Thunderbirds, the Mannish Boys, Long John Hunter, Floyd Dixon, Big Pete Pearson, Henry Gray, Sonny Rhodes, Paul Oscher, Chief Schabutti Gilliame, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Louisiana Red, and Billy Boy Arnold. While full bands and vocals constitute most of the arrangements, solo performances, including "Long John's Country Blues" by Hunter and "C.C. Rider" by Lockwood, offer welcome variety. There's also the occasional instrumental, including a spry version of "Henry's Houserocker" by Gray. One might wish for the presence of one or two female performers, but with all of the testosterone floating around in these songs, they probably steered clear of the Rhythm Room. For the blues aficionado, House Rockin' and Blues Shoutin' will serve as a powerful dose of the real thing. ~Review by Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.

House Rockin' And Blues Shoutin'!

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