Size: 102,9 MB
Time: 44:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Soul/Blues/Americana mix
Art: Front
1. My Girl's A Nut (2:32)
2. Better Things To Lie About (3:55)
3. Gonna Forget About You (Feat. Robert Cray) (3:43)
4. Fine By Me (3:49)
5. Niki Hoeky (3:08)
6. Hear The Lonely Hearts (3:48)
7. Safe At Home (2:41)
8. The Big Chagrin (4:34)
9. The Only Way Out (3:02)
10. Cheap Stuff (4:31)
11. You Give The Blues A Bad Name (4:48)
12. Under New Management (3:41)
This veteran blues artist has a sense of humor that lightens up the dark recesses of blues. His opening tune “My Girl’s a Nut,” has a Roger Miller-type of country humor tacked onto a blues drive. With cut 2 Curtis slides into a more soulful position with “Better Things To Lie About” & the brass punctuations work solidly with his enthusiastic vocals. The brass doesn’t play it straight it’s arranged like a chorale of voices that answer each other with deep saxes, sharp trumpets & Curtis’ vocals echoing through a street that’s empty except for a whiplash harmonica blast. Cool tune. This out-funks most funk 70s bands & with the addition of the bluesy harmonica adds a soulful twist.
Salgado’s 1980s former boss guitarist/vocalist Robert Cray guests on “Forget About You,” a galloping blues saloon unified vocal variable that’s simply blues having fun. There are 12 invitations to some soulful blues on Fine By Me that can also lasso ears unfamiliar with the genre since Curtis is an artist who is also entertaining. The album features a variety of song styles from blues, gospel, R&B, jazz, funk R&R & soul with dashes of mixes that bring out the Salgado (harmonica) distinctive flavors. Curtis produced the album & the deep gospel efforts feature the harmonies of The Sons of the Soul Revivers (brothers James, Walter & Dwayne Morgan).
By the tracks “You Give The Blues a Bad Name,” & “Under New Management” there’s a tint of Paul Butterfield Blues Band when they employed some brass in the late 60s. The tune has a Boz Scaggs feel & it drips off the blues sultry & swampy. “Under,” is a little more commercial-mainstream than many other tunes. But it still holds since it’s played & sung with well-articulated harmonica & piano. Snapping fingers is a nice touch. Curtis may have a blues pathology in his voice but he’s cleverly alive as an entertainer. /John Apice, Americana Highways
Salgado’s 1980s former boss guitarist/vocalist Robert Cray guests on “Forget About You,” a galloping blues saloon unified vocal variable that’s simply blues having fun. There are 12 invitations to some soulful blues on Fine By Me that can also lasso ears unfamiliar with the genre since Curtis is an artist who is also entertaining. The album features a variety of song styles from blues, gospel, R&B, jazz, funk R&R & soul with dashes of mixes that bring out the Salgado (harmonica) distinctive flavors. Curtis produced the album & the deep gospel efforts feature the harmonies of The Sons of the Soul Revivers (brothers James, Walter & Dwayne Morgan).
By the tracks “You Give The Blues a Bad Name,” & “Under New Management” there’s a tint of Paul Butterfield Blues Band when they employed some brass in the late 60s. The tune has a Boz Scaggs feel & it drips off the blues sultry & swampy. “Under,” is a little more commercial-mainstream than many other tunes. But it still holds since it’s played & sung with well-articulated harmonica & piano. Snapping fingers is a nice touch. Curtis may have a blues pathology in his voice but he’s cleverly alive as an entertainer. /John Apice, Americana Highways
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4 comments:
Gracias, RR!
@ Red Rooster: Thanks for this new album of Curtis Salgado. Regards!
Thanks for the Curtis Salgado.
You're most welcome Pmac, Bluesercher and Smokey, glad you guys enjoyed the post. Thanks for your comments, they are appreciated.
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