Johnny Childs - The Truth

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:34
Size: 108.9 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2000
Art: Front

[3:38] 1. You Know It Ain't Right
[3:18] 2. Thumb's Boogie
[3:48] 3. Come Back Easy
[3:17] 4. She Moves Me
[3:24] 5. Fattening Frogs For Snakes
[4:08] 6. Blue Over You
[3:55] 7. This Love
[2:40] 8. Leftovers
[4:44] 9. Find My Baby
[5:11] 10. After Hours
[2:24] 11. Mellow Down Easy
[2:38] 12. Brave Your Evil
[4:22] 13. See The Light

As the up-sell sticker on its cover suggests, Truth, Johnny Childs' debut album, really does favor blues in the electric Chicago tradition. While he's a capable if unremarkable vocalist, Childs really shines as a guitarist, rolling with feeling through all the moods -- brash, gritty lead soloing ("Don't Leave Me"); slightly wry SRV noodling ("Dog and Pony"); and old-school, clean channel finger poppin' (the Western swing-styled "Thumbs Boogie"). In fact, it's on the instrumental portions that the Truth comes out, since Childs and his band have quite a rapport with one another. "Chromatic Boogie" trades Childs licks with B3 backgrounds, the accordion on "This Love" is a great touch, and "Come Back Easy" and "Find My Baby" find the band bustling on a bottom end groove bolder than Lower Wacker Drive. Truth might not set your world on fire, but it certainly won't hurt electric blues fans to hear it. ~Johnny Loftus

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