Texas Johnny Brown - Nothin' But The Truth

Size: 138,1 MB
Time: 59:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Texas Blues
Art: Full

01. Cheatin' And Stealin' (3:40)
02. There Goes The Blues (6:10)
03. Your House, Your Home (3:39)
04. Tender Age, Gentle Woman (5:36)
05. Strange Situation (6:06)
06. Two Steps From The Blues (4:17)
07. Once Was (5:05)
08. Ain't No Way (6:57)
09. No Part-Time Lover (4:32)
10. Stand The Pain (3:15)
11. Blue And Lonesome (4:45)
12. Nothin' But The Truth, So Help Me John (4:58)

The brassy, 12-track Nothin' but the Truth is the first recording by this former Duke/Peacock sideman to see the light of day in more than 40 years. Now in his mid-seventies, Texas Johnny Brown remains one of the more immovable veterans dotting the inexplicably low-key Houston blues landscape. And this spirited collection plays up Brown's dual strengths as a songwriter and entertainer. The album features 11 originals, a few done up in stylish big band threads à la B.B. King -- the sort of simmering, sophisticated grooves that straddle the fence between juke-joint wailing and nightclub-slick rhythm & blues. The most memorable moments on Nothin' tend toward R&B's staunch reliance on structure, melody, and spot-on production values. The insistent toe-tappers "Your House, Your Home" and "Stand the Pain" and the keyboard-drenched "Blue and Lonesome" are easily among Brown's best. ~by Hobart Rowland

Nothin' But The Truth

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