Duke Robillard - Stretchin' Out Live

Year: 1998
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:07
Size: 141,9 MB
Styles: Blues, jump, swing
Scans: Full

1. Too Hot To Handle (7:14)
2. Never Let You Go (6:39)
3. Midnight Cannon Ball (3:59)
4. Gee I Wish (6:26)
5. Glamour Girl (9:06)
6. That's My Life (4:56)
7. Dyin' Flu (11:21)
8. Tell Me Why (3:46)
9. Don't Leave Me Baby (7:36)

If anyone is keeping the tradition of urban blues alive, it's Duke Robillard. Long thought of as a guitar wizard, he shows here why he's earned that distinction. The sparks fly as he shuffles, swings and crawls his way through a program of originals and obscure tunes by past masters. He plays "Never Let You Go", a Jimmy Liggins tune, like Magic Sam would have. It's a treat to hear someone not only reprising Sam, but doing it so well. "Gee I Wish", a jumping tune, could have come from the guitar of Junior Barnard fronting Bob Wills' Western swing band.

Nobody recording today plays in the T-Bone Walker style as well as Duke. On "Glamour Girl", a slow blues, and "Don't Leave Me, Baby", a swinging number, he shows himself as the foremost practitioner of Walker's jazzy style. In the latter tune, he successfully shows off his Charlie Christian influence. /Sigmund Finman, AllMusic

Personnel: Duke Robillard (guitar, vocals), Marty Ballou (bass), Marty Richards (drums), Sax Gordon (tenor & baritone sax).

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