Time: 46:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2004
Styles: Electric blues
Art: Front, tray
1. Find Another Fool (4:43)
2. Life Of Luxury (3:49)
3. Burnin' (3:20)
4. Elizabeth (5:08)
5. 10 Years Gone (3:14)
6. That Little Girl Can Dance (4:05)
7. Damn Money (3:31)
8. Serves Me Right To Suffer (3:08)
9. Wanda Jean (2:42)
10. Reachin' For Shadows (5:42)
11. Ain't Gonna Take It (3:34)
12. Lovestruck (3:47)
Touch Of The Bluesman displays Horton’s versatility, with cuts ranging from ghetto swing blues to slow blues. There are also gospel and Latin influences on selected tunes. A tune called “Elizabeth,” which Horton wrote, is a 50’s West Coast vibe - slow blues with an uptown feel. In “Serves Me Right To Suffer,” Horton performs a relaxed, funky guitar solo. “Wanda Jean,” a song Horton penned in the early 50’s and waited fifty years to record, has a Latin feel, with some cool percussion. Gospel influence is heard in “Damn Money,” another composition by Horton in which he swings away on the guitar solo. In an instrumental called, “Burnin’,” a ghetto blues swing tune, Horton’s impromptu guitar solo illustrates why he was just named “2004 Blues Guitar Player of the Year” by The Bay Area Blues Society.
In a career that spans five decades, Craig is a pioneer of the blues genre. While he may remind blues aficionados of classic blues guitar pickers of the past, it’s not that he’s emulating them. It’s because he’s one of them. During the glory days of the Chicago blues scene, Horton opened at the Golden Dolphin with Count Basie and Duke Ellington. He’s also shared the stage with such legends as Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, Dinah Washington and Freddie King.
Personnel: Craig Horton (guitar, vocals); Steve Cannon (rhythm guitar); Chris Burns (organ, keyboards); Mike McCurdy, Randy Bermudes (bass); Scott Silevira (drums).
In a career that spans five decades, Craig is a pioneer of the blues genre. While he may remind blues aficionados of classic blues guitar pickers of the past, it’s not that he’s emulating them. It’s because he’s one of them. During the glory days of the Chicago blues scene, Horton opened at the Golden Dolphin with Count Basie and Duke Ellington. He’s also shared the stage with such legends as Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, Dinah Washington and Freddie King.
Personnel: Craig Horton (guitar, vocals); Steve Cannon (rhythm guitar); Chris Burns (organ, keyboards); Mike McCurdy, Randy Bermudes (bass); Scott Silevira (drums).
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