Lynwood Slim - Last Call

Size: 104.7 MB
Time: 44:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Electric Blues, Jump Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Full

01. Well Alright, O.K. You Win (3:11)
02. All Night Long (3:20)
03. Wee Baby Blues (4:59)
04. I'm Tired (3:20)
05. Nothin' But The Blues (2:43)
06. You're A Pain (2:57)
07. Say It (2:27)
08. Me, Myself And I (3:55)
09. Across The Sea (3:59)
10. Not Your Clown (4:11)
11. I'm Sorry (3:19)
12. You Never Cried For Me (6:08)

This is Lynwood Slim's fifth release and his finest to date. Lynwood is a widely respected and in-demand vocalist/harmonica player that has been a featured artist on recordings by Junior Watson, Kid Ramos, Dave Specter, R.L. Burnside, Nick Moss, and Alex Schultz among others. Slim is joined by guitarists Kid Ramos (Mannish Boys, T-Birds, James Harman Band), as well as 2005-06 Blues Music Award Nominee Kirk Fletcher (Fabulous Thunderbirds, Hollywood Blue Flames) for this set of sophisticated, swinging West Coast Blues.

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VA - Road Tested Vol.1

Size: 177.6 MB
Time: 77:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Full

01 Randy Chortkoff - Parker's Grind ( 4:31)
02 Frank Goldwasser - The 12 Year Old Boy (Feat. Leon Blue) ( 5:09)
03 Mitch Kashmar - Stoop Down Baby (Feat. Rusty Zinn) ( 4:39)
04 Lynwood Slim - Act Like You Love Me (Feat. Kid Ramos) ( 7:41)
05 Hollywood Blue Flames - I Got My Eyes On You (Feat. Rick Holmstrom) (10:29)
06 Kid Ramos - Johnny Cochino ( 5:07)
07 Johnny Dyer - Keep It To Yourself ( 3:33)
08 Rusty Zinn - Lizabeth ( 5:13)
09 Finis Tasby - As The Years Go Passing By (Feat. Kid Ramos) ( 9:48)
10 Mitch Kashmar - Gettin' Drunk (Feat. Junior Watson) ( 3:59)
11 Mannish Boys - Sun Is Shining (Feat. Finis Tasby, Johnny Dyer, Hook Herrera) ( 7:56)
12 Hollywood Blue Flames - Nit Wit (Feat. Rick Holmstrom) ( 4:49)
13 Mannish Boys - Mannish Boy ( 4:36)

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Lynwood Slim & Junior Watson - Back To Back

Size: 92.9 MB
Time: 40:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Much Later For You Baby (3:01)
02. Early Morning Blues (2:46)
03. Just As I Am (2:24)
04. Whoopin' And Hollerin' (2:52)
05. Too Late (4:31)
06. Happy Blues (4:09)
07. Best Wishes (4:42)
08. Young And Able (2:09)
09. Tough Duff (3:56)
10. Reach For Your Telephone (3:14)
11. Sittin' Here Drinkin' (3:01)
12. Get On The Right Track (3:26)

Personnel:
Lynwood Slim - Harp & Vocals
Junior Watson - Guitar & Vocals
Fred Kaplan - Piano
Larry Taylor - Upright Bass
Richard Innes - Drums
Rick Holmstrom - Guitar

This entire album is a delightful, gentle blend of jump-based R&B songs with a few tender blues tunes. This all combines to make a most enjoyable CD. Given the pedigree of the assembled line-up, you cannot fail to enjoy this album. With a good choice of seldom covered material and top-shelf musicianship, these fellas have made a consistent album that fans of the genre can savor. "This becomes a swingin' blues hoot ? Catch a jazzy, swingin' jump blues sound on this disc. Great studio material that is the epitome of the West Coast jump scene!" -Big City Blues. This is the sort of music that should have almost universal appeal. "Back to Back" doesn't disappoint.

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The Red Wagons Blues Band - Jumpin' With Friends

Year: 2012
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:54
Size: 154,9 MB
Styles: Jump blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. Huckleboogie (Feat. Igor Prado) (3:11)
2. Big Mamou (Feat. Junior Watson, Sax Gordon Beadle) (4:19)
3. My Baby's Quit Me (Feat. Sugar Ray Norcia) (3:48)
4. Let's Get High (Feat. Junior Watson, Sax Gordon Beadle) (5:23)
5. All Of My Life (Feat. Lynwood Slim) (3:51)
6. Party Girl (Feat. Igor Prado) (5:26)
7. Congo Mombo (Feat. Junior Watson, Sax Gordon Beadle) (2:59)
8. Blue Light Boogie (Feat. Mitch Woods) (5:06)
9. Mess Around (3:50)
10. Girl From Idaho (Feat. Sugar Ray Norcia) (2:53)
11. I Want A Little Girl (4:42)
12. Jump With You Baby (Feat. Lynwood Slim) (3:19)
13. Kidney Stew (Feat. Sugar Ray Norcia) (5:25)
14. I Want To Love Somebody (Feat. Igor Prado) (5:56)
15. Hey Bartender (Feat. Mitch Woods) (3:45)
16. Chicago Cha Cha (Feat. Junior Watson, Sax Gordon Beadle) (2:55)

In their musical research, The Red Wagons Blues Band intend to look for and recall the sound and rhythms of the black R&B of the 40's and 50's in an explosive mixture of boogie, jumpin' blues, rock 'n' roll and swing by pursuing the ideals that animated that fabulous era.

Besides their own compositions, The Red Wagons' repertoire borrows and re-elaborates, in an original way, songs of artists such as Louis Jordan, Ray Charles, Louis Prima, Buddy Johnson, Percy Mayfield, etc. The band usually performs in the most important festivals and clubs in Italy, often featuring Mitch Woods, Herbie Goins and the Chicago blues singer Deitra Farr. They have also performed with Junior Watson, Sugar Ray Norcia and Sax Gordon Beadle.

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Dave Specter - Left Turn On Blue

Year: 1996
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:54
Size: 145,0 MB
Styles: Electric blues, jazzy blues
Scans: Front, inside, tray

1. Get Back Home (4:03)
2. Stop! Hold It (5:50)
3. Killer Jack (4:39)
4. Till The End Of Time (4:39)
5. Party Girl (3:25)
6. Juice Head Baby (5:39)
7. Left Turn On Blue (4:45)
8. Unleavened Soul (5:33)
9. Hopeless (5:04)
10. What's The Matter (5:23)
11. Tremble (3:39)
12. Roll Baby Roll (5:13)
13. When Will The Blues Leave (4:56)

This was Specter's fifth album for Delmark Records. It saw the Chicago guitarist team up with singer/harpslinger Lynwood Slim (who wrote or co-wrote four of the songs) and organist Jack McDuff. A smooth and easy listen, Left Turn on Blue shuffles, swings, and bops at the juncture of blues and jazz. From the blues chestnut "Party Girl" to the Albert Collins instrumental "Tremble" to the steady jazz groove of Slim's "Stop! Hold It," this is a very classy album. The horns are nicely done, and jazz buffs will particularly enjoy Specter's brief interjections of other tunes into the songs: "Til the End of Time," "Unleavened Soul," and "Killer Jack." /Ann Wickstrom, AllMusic

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Lynwood Slim & Igor Prado Band - Brazilian Kicks

Year: 2010
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:26
Size: 125,1 MB
Styles: Blues, jump blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. Shake It Baby (3:17)
2. Is It True? (3:35)
3. Bloodshot Eyes (3:36)
4. My Hat's On The Side Of My Head (2:41)
5. Blue Bop (3:13)
6. Little Girl (5:40)
7. I Sat And Cried (2:59)
8. Maybe Someday (4:58)
9. Show Me The Way (6:17)
10. Bill's Change (4:05)
11. The Comeback (4:39)
12. The Way You Do (3:45)
13. Going To Mona Lisa's (4:36)

Lynwood Slim is a name synonymous with West Coast Blues. Over the years Slim has built up an impressive catalog of iconic recordings (including 1991’s Lost In America featuring Junior Watson, as well as the Big Rhythm Combo’s 1994 release Too Small To Dance with Kid Ramos), which subsequently helped him to attain world-wide renown and endeared him to a legion of fans around the globe with a devout affection for California Blues. While traveling on tour outside the U.S., Slim also obtained a considerable reputation for identifying fresh new talent, and soon found his skills and expertise enlisted to help produce numerous projects for gifted artists throughout Europe, Canada and more recently, South America.

In recent years, the Igor Prado Band has been quietly but steadily gaining their reputation as the foremost authority and leading practitioners south of the border of 1940s and 1950s style Chicago/Jump Blues. Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the core band is comprised of two brothers; Igor Prado (age 27) on guitar and Yuri Prado (age 26) on drums, harmoniously fortified by bassist Rodrigo Mantovani (age 28) and saxophonist Denilson Martins (age 23). As word spread regarding the group’s natural affinity for traditional American blues and roots music, the Igor Prado Band has become an increasingly popular and in demand unit for supporting many of today’s blues elite while touring South America. The band has admirably backed such esteemed artists as Eddie C. Campbell, Steve Guyger, James Wheeler, Phil Guy, Mud Morganfield (eldest son of Muddy Waters), R.J. Mischo, Gary Smith, Mark Hummel, Mitch Kashmar and Rick Estrin.

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Big Rhythm Combo - Too Small To Dance

Size: 149,9 MB
Time: 64:56
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Rockin' Blues, Modern Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Let It Go (3:32)
02. (I Have) Nothing Left (3:11)
03. I Can't Deny It (5:56)
04. Sure Cure For The Blues (4:17)
05. I Wanna Hug Ya Kiss Ya Squeeze Ya (3:47)
06. Don't Start Cry'n Now (3:32)
07. Kiss You In The Morning (4:24)
08. Cleveland Ohio Blues (4:08)
09. Oil Can Harry (3:05)
10. I Stepped In Quicksand (5:34)
11. Susan Anne (4:32)
12. That Mellow Saxophone (2:51)
13. Song For Mr. Tiny (3:10)
14. Now Or Never (4:06)
15. Tell Me That You Love Me (3:17)
16. Big Fat Mamas Are Back In Style Again (2:56)
17. Too Small To Dance (2:31)

Big Rhythm Combo: Lynwood Slim (vocals, harmonica); Fred Kaplan (guitar, piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Kid Ramos (guitar); Tyler Pedersen (bass); Richard Innes (drums).Additional personnel includes: Spyder Mittleman, Jeff "Big Dad" Turmes (saxophone); Tom Dennison (trombone).Recorded at Clearlake Audio, Burbank, California in November 1993.

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Dennis Herrera Blues Band - Livin' Life Not Worryin'

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:11
Size: 128.6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[4:27] 1. All This Fun's For Free (Feat. Igor Prado)
[3:55] 2. Can't Get Enough
[4:06] 3. Damn Uncle Sam!
[5:29] 4. Love You Good
[4:08] 5. Livin' Life Not Worryin' (Feat. Igor Prado)
[3:46] 6. Slim Baby Slim (Feat. Jeffrey Paul Ross & Lynwood Slim)
[4:20] 7. Mean Ole Texas Shuffle (Feat. Anson Funderburgh)
[6:37] 8. Sun Is Shining (Feat. Dan Mccann)
[5:01] 9. Talkin' At My Back Door (Feat. Jeffrey Paul Ross & Lynwood Slim)
[4:05] 10. Somethin' I Read
[5:18] 11. This Ain't Nothin' New (Feat.Anson Funderburgh & Dan Mccann)
[4:53] 12. Hooker Heater (Feat. Tommy Castro)

This alluring recording is a excitingly provocative fusion of Texas, Chicago, California howlin' shufflin' muddy rockin' raw blues craftily executed by versatile talents of the highest order. The list of veteran players energizing this album includes tasteful guitarists extraordinaire Anson Funderburgh, Tommy Castro, Igor Prado, Jeffrey Paul Ross, Alan Maggini, Bill Bates and Dennis Herrera (guitar & vocals). The bassists rhythmic pulse masters, Dan McCann and Hank Van Sickle, the insatiable dynamic drummer Lee Campbell and the intoxicating harp player Denis Depoitre. Outstanding notable award winning blues vocalist and harmonica player of all time Lynwood Slim (Richard Dennis Duran). Last but in no uncertain terms least playing piano, organ and wurlitzer Rich Wenzel the owner and operator of Ardent Audio Productions who also co-produced and engineered the recording session in its entirety.

This is a very solid, self released, twelve track outing graced with an enticing sound of sharp originals inspired by the multitude of distinguished blues master musicians and singers past and present, so sit yourself down, kick back. relax, pour yourself your favorite refreshment turn it up and enjoy the Dennis Herrera Blues Band, Livin' Life Not Worryin'. Cheers! ~DH

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Lynwood Slim - World Wide Wood

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:56
Size: 96.2 MB
Styles: West Coast blues, Harmonica blues
Year: 2000
Art: Full

[2:49] 1. Ain't Gonna Cry
[4:20] 2. Don't Tell Me
[3:05] 3. Stumbl'n Block
[4:27] 4. I Don't Want To Know
[3:19] 5. Fine Frame
[3:42] 6. Scream'n And Cry'n
[2:18] 7. Certainly All
[3:58] 8. Fair Enough
[3:49] 9. Come Back
[3:35] 10. Look What You Done
[2:27] 11. No More Doggin'
[4:02] 12. Fine As Wine

Lynwood Slim (vocals, harmonica); Marc Thijs (vocals, guitar); Kid Ramos, Kirk Fletcher (guitar); Egidio Ingalla (harmonica); Jeff Big Dad Turmes (saxophone); Fred Kaplan (piano). Recorded at West World Studios, Van Nuys, California; Peace In The Valley in Arletta, California; Raven Street Studios, Ottowa, Canada; Pongo Studios, Milan, Italy.

Lynwood Slim felt there were only two things he could do to make a living: shoot pool or play harmonica. Thank goodness he chose to be a musician. As a child he played trumpet, but at 15 he picked up the harmonica. Initially drawn to listening to Chicago blues greats Jimmy Reed and Little Walter, he made the career choice after watching Brooklyn Slim, a/k/a Paul Oscher. Early memorable gigs including sitting in with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and other blues legends. When the southern California scene dried up in the mid-'70s, he packed up and moved to Minneapolis.

Less than a week after coming into town, Slim was recruited into a popular local band that had just lost its harp player, Kim Wilson, who left for Austin to form the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Eventually, he formed the Lynwood Slim Band, working often with blues veteran bluesmen Leonard "Baby Doo" Caston, James Smith and Walter Horton. His style of swinging blues won him numerous awards bestowed by the Minnesota Music Academy, and he documented his musical triumphs with his CD Lost in America, released in 1990; and Soul Feet, released in 1991 and reissued five years later. After a brief return to Los Angeles, moved to Chicago and joined guitarist Dave Specter in 1995. Several years later, family circumstances and a revived local music scene in southern California scene drew Slim home. Besides and active performance performing on the live L.A. scene, Slim and producer Jerry Hall have also produced numerous European and American artists over the years. In 1998, they set up their own record label, Pacific Blue Recording Company; World Wide Wood followed in 2000.

This California native brings years of experience, dynamic stage presence, powerfully expressive blues vocals, and some of the most exciting blues harp you're ever heard. His latest CD release, “Last Call” on Delta Groove, brings together some of his long-time friends and cohorts on the west coast scene, including guitarists Kid Ramos and Kirk Fletcher, transplanted boogie-woogie piano master Carl Sonny Leyland, mandolin master Rich Del Grosso, and many others, as he explores all the many colors and flavors of his long and deep blues experience. In addition to leading his own band, Slim is occasionally featured as a guest artist with The Mannish Boys.

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Lynwood Slim - Hard To Kill

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 64:55
Size: 148.6 MB
Styles: West Coast blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[4:02] 1. Found Love
[3:11] 2. Baby Please Don't Go
[5:08] 3. I Chose To Sing The Blues
[3:46] 4. All Of My Life
[3:45] 5. Person To Person
[3:13] 6. Jump With Me Baby
[2:53] 7. Don't Put Me Down
[4:28] 8. Call You No More
[4:21] 9. Wake Up
[5:37] 10. Old Honkie Tonk Piano Roll Blues
[5:16] 11. Close To You
[4:32] 12. Almost Free
[3:23] 13. Juste Toi Et Moi
[2:52] 14. You Better Believe It
[4:54] 15. That's Alright
[3:28] 16. Lynwood Slim (Feat. Mark Du Fresne)

Coming right on the heels of Slim's passing, this set's title is a bit ironic but the music is as solid as ever. Featuring recordings from across the decades and around the world, the performances feature IGOR PRADO- KID RAMOS & JOHNNY CAT among many others. This collection is a wonderful tribute to the musician and man.

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Lynwood Slim - Lost In America (Feat. Junior Watson)

Size: 112,8 MB
Time: 48:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1991
Styles: Harmonica Blues, West Coast Blues
Art: Full

01. Tried To Call You (3:51)
02. Got To Change (3:43)
03. Atlanta Blues (5:59)
04. It's Obdacious (2:40)
05. Tell Me What I've Done (5:49)
06. I'm Tired (4:12)
07. Just Your Fool (4:32)
08. Ain't Enough Time (4:22)
09. Cried Last Night (5:07)
10. Take Me Where You Go (3:08)
11. Messin' With My Bread (4:45)

Personnel:
Lynwood Slim (harmonica & vocals)
Junior Watson, David 'Kid' Ramos,
Joel Foy & Dave Gonzales (guitar)
Fred Kaplan - Piano; Larry Taylor,
Thomas Yearsley & Tyler Pederson (bass)
Rob Stupka & Brian Fahey (drums)

Lynwood Slim was born in Los Angeles, California in 1953, as Richard Duran. He started playing the trumpet at age 12 and later harmonica when he was 15. His early influences include Jimmy Reed, Little Walter and Big Walter Horton. He played the Los Angeles music scene then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1977 and to Amsterdam, Holland in 1988, returned to Los Angeles later that same year. He started working with Junior Watson, as well as Hollywood Fats Band alumni Larry Taylor, Fred Kaplan and Richard Innes. He became a major force on the music scene, winning awards for best blues band in 1986.

This disc would be unremarkable if not for the guitar work of Junior Watson and the producing credits of Canned Heat bassist Larry Taylor. While the mix of blues and rockabilly is fun, there is an overall sense of restraint that keeps things from really taking off. It's odd that the combination of talents assembled here sounds more like a tired bar band than a posse of blues legends.

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VA - Don't Worry, Sing The Blues

Size: 172,7 MB
Time: 73:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998
Styles: Chicago Blues, Texas Blues, Delta Blues
Art: Front & Back

01. Willie Murphy - Pocketful Of Money (5:41)
02. Lamont Cranston - Play The Blues (4:29)
03. Hoopsnakes - It Ain't Easy Bein' Me (3:48)
04. James Solberg Band - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (5:14)
05. Lynwood Slim - Tried To Call You (3:52)
06. James Solberg Band - Do You Call That A Buddy (3:20)
07. Jimmy Rogers - Slick Chick (3:09)
08. Hubert Sumlin - Feed Me (5:07)
09. R.J. Mischo & Teddy Morgan Blues Band - She's Murder (Feat. Percy Strother) (2:50)
10. Larry McRray & The Bluegills - The Moon Is Full (7:11)
11. The Bluegills - Bluegills (3:08)
12. Willie Murphy & The Angel-Headed Hipsters - Hustlin' Man Blues (3:44)
13. Lynwood Slim - I Refuse (2:52)
14. Hoopsnakes - First Man (Who Ever Had The Blues) (4:44)
15. Larry Cranston - Cold Winds (Feat. Teddy Morgan) (3:42)
16. Al Rapone - Rock Me (4:32)
17. The Butanes Soul Revue - I Ain't Drunk (6:05)

This sampler from the Atomic Theory record label features seventeen cuts by such artists as: Jimmy Rogers, Hubert Sumlin, R.J. Mischo, Teddy Morgan as well as a track each from Al Rapone (Rock Me) and the Butanes Soul Revue (I Ain't Drunk.)

The Butanes' "I Ain't Drunk" may be the last track on this 17-song blues collection, but it's first when it comes to illustrating the set's woozy appeal. With barefaced blue-collar chutzpah, the Butanes whip up a pro-drinking anthem that would do any working stiff proud and packs such a wallop it could give even the most sober socialite a contact buzz. Like the Butanes' moment (and the barflies hollering along on the live recording of "Drunk"), this compilation brings together a gang of voices - Willie Murphy, the James Solberg Band, Lamont Cranston, R.J. Mischo, Lynwood Slim and others - that have been cultivated in life's most interesting petrie dish: bars, nightclubs and pubs. In that sense, this sampler is something of a historic event in that it brings together some of the Twin Cities' most well-traveled blues dogs (and a few out-of-town ringers) on one CD. But it also speaks to the variety of the blues stripes there are out there, from straight blues, to jump-blues, rock blues and even a testimonial from "The First Man (Who Ever Had the Blues)." ~Jim Walsh

Thanks to DrPeak.
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Lynwood Slim - Soul Feet

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 51:08
Size: 117.1 MB
Styles: Harmonica blues, West Coast blues
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[3:41] 1. I'm To Blame
[3:03] 2. Hoy Hoy
[2:55] 3. I Refuse
[3:29] 4. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
[3:38] 5. Messin' With My Bread
[2:56] 6. Reach For Your Telephone
[4:37] 7. Things Gon' Change
[3:11] 8. Doo's Groove
[3:01] 9. Soul Feet
[2:47] 10. Nothing Takes The Place Of You
[2:40] 11. I've Been Around
[3:33] 12. Bad Case Of Love
[5:43] 13. Too Poor
[3:16] 14. Wipe Your Tears
[2:32] 15. Look The Whole World Over

Looking for harp blues without hype, and built with back-to-basics values? Look no further. Slim uses his instrument never relying on the grandiose statement, but goes straight to the point. This was recorded during his tenure in Minnesota; featured on some cuts is one of the "Big Three," pianist Leonard "Baby Doo" Caston, who lays out incredible riffs on solo instrumental "Doo's Groove." Blues like this makes it understandable why the best blues is built on basic fundamentals.

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Junior Watson - Long Overdue

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 62:58
Size: 144.2 MB
Styles: West Coast blues
Year: 1994
Art: Front

[2:39] 1. Certainly All
[4:31] 2. Lonesome Train
[4:17] 3. Biscuits
[5:09] 4. Frankie And Johnny
[5:14] 5. Mojo Boogie
[2:37] 6. That's What You Do To Me
[3:27] 7. The Woodpecker
[4:39] 8. Want Me Some Love
[3:55] 9. Big Boy
[2:19] 10. Long Time Baby
[3:10] 11. Special Lesson No. 1
[4:11] 12. Five Long Letters
[2:26] 13. Cool Evening
[2:12] 14. I Gotta Go (Back Home)
[5:24] 15. Lump In My Throat
[2:53] 16. The Train
[3:45] 17. Don't Leave Me Baby (The Easy Livin' Plan)

Giving jump blues and early R&B a kick in its baggy pants, Watson's aptly-titled solo debut revealed what only guitarists (the more conscientious of them) had known for more than a decade: Here is a 6-stringer of rare talent, with the unique ability to play authentically and spontaneously -- all-too-often contradictory paths in the late '70s blues revival. The best and most fitting compliment one could give a Watson solo is that it makes you laugh; this is blues of the rent party variety and Watson never lapses into the maudlin. Along with singers Brenda Burns and Lynwood Slim (on harp as well), Watson favors us with half a dozen surprisingly confident vocals. In fact, the only criticism is that his voice is sometimes too low in the mix. ~ Dan Forte

Personnel includes: Junior Watson (guitar); Larry Taylor, Richard Innes, Fred Kaplan, Bill Stuve.

Long Overdue

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