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Bad For You Baby

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by: Gary Moore

Release Date September 22, 2008
If you like Moore, then here is the latest to add to your collection. It's pretty formula stuff - great blues rock - some boogie, some a bit heavier, and of course wonderful long ballards with superb guitar wizardy, delivered only how Moore can.

I won't go through track for track, because if your a fan you will get the drift, this is simply more and more of what Gary does best. A couple of noticeable mentions though. How about the 10 minute long "I Love You More Than You'll ever Know" epic? Sheer class over and over again, and "Mojo Boogie" whioch is foot tapping stonkingly good and subtle tones of Quo! Another track has some welcome female backing vocals, which adds some extra to the album.

All in all another Moore ... Read More:

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One Kind Favor

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by: B.B. King

Release Date September 29, 2008
Look folks I was going to buy this out of pure nostalgia anyway - but I have to tell you this is just about as good as it gets - definitely his best ever studio recording. The voice is as good as ever, and no one ever ever could get the same sounds out of a guitar as he gets out of "Lucille". Every track a winner and what a band - featuring the incomparable Dr John on piano. The production is faultless. If you have any affection for the blues you simply have to buy this. Without question a 5 star item.

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Blues Breakers

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by: John Mayall, Eric Clapton

Release Date December 15, 2000
I was going to mention Clapton's christening of the Les Paul, Marshall setup, but others have beaten me to it. I liken it's impact to what happened to harp playing when Little Walter and other's deciding to blow through the PA or an early guitar amp. They REDEFINED the sound of the instrument.

So all I'll add is the rhetorical question...can you imagine being a teenage Brit, having been reared on the sounds of the Beatles, Jerry and the Pacemakers, or even the Dave Clark Five, wandering into a London club because someone had recommended the Bluesbreakers, and hearing THIS STUFF? Probably as epiphanic as being a white guy in mid 50's Chicago and having the nerve to wander into the Dew Drop Inn and hearing Muddy, Wolf, or later, Otis Rush ... Read More:

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Blues Deluxe

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by: Joe Bonamassa

Release Date May 30, 2005
I don't think every track on here stands up. my problem is that track 3-'Blues Deluxe' is absolutely amazing and sets the bar too high for the rest - this has got to be one of the all time great blues guitar solos ( I'm surprised it's not singled out in other reviews) and has real nuance and subtlety as it builds up, with great contribution from bass and drums, to a soaring climax ( with one of the best pauses you will ever 'hear' ! ). There are few guitarists that can sound as potent as Bonamassa does on this number.
My other two favourites are the other two slow numbers 'I don't Live Anywhere' and Long Distance Blues' . Walking Blues has some nice harmonica.
The band always play well and the production is excellent , but the uptempo numbers were just ... Read More:

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The Outsider

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by: Walter Trout

Release Date June 02, 2008
One time Bluesbreaker and Canned Heat man, Walter Trout has been firing out solo albums for a long time now, but they've always felt a bit incomplete to me. So, it came as a particular delight to sit down with the new one, and find myself hitting the repeat button when it came to an end. For this might just be the best album of his career.

From the opening, autobiographical, 'Welcome To The Human Race' onwards, it's a constantly unfolding pleasure. It's also the album that sees him straying further away from his Blues rock roots, something that may find a few old time fans drifting away. Even I had a bit of trouble with 'The Next Big Thing', a 1968 Beatles style radio rocker. But when he comes up with songs as inspired as the British Blues boom inspired 'Don't ... Read More:

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Skin Deep

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by: Buddy Guy

Release Date July 21, 2008
Fantastic guitar work from buddy and nice to here derek and eric playing to They also played together on the Crossroads DVD.

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Mess of Blues

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by: Jeff Healey

Release Date March 24, 2008
'Mess Of Blues' is an absolutely sensational collection of live, predominantly blues recordings from the sadly departed guitar virtuoso and his brilliant band. If you like blues guitar played with passion and feeling, coupled with a tight, jumping rhythm section then this album is for you. Jeff Healey, in the liner notes, describes his band as "the very best bar band that anyone could ask for" and he wasn't wrong - they're tremendous.

The choices of songs are interesting and varied and make for a rich, eclectic, engaging listen, including tracks such as The Band's 'The Weight', Neil Young's 'Like A Hurricane' and Hank Williams' 'Jambalaya', all performed brilliantly. Standards such as 'I'm Torn Down', 'Mess O' Blues' and 'Shake, Rattle And Roll' are executed ... Read More:

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Still Got the Blues: Remastered

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by: Gary Moore

Release Date May 12, 2003
Blues music enjoyed a mini-revival in the late 1980s owing to both the film 'Crossroads', and the dissatisfaction of a sizeable minority with contemporaneous popular music. Gary Moore, hitherto a performer of hard rock/heavy metal, exploited the mood with this motley collection of blues pastiches and hard rock songs. 'The blues' are, for the most part, transmogrified into 'the blands' - the raw, visceral nature of blues music is expunged, and a smooth, over-produced sound offered in its place.

The vocals of Gary Moore lack the passion, intensity and emotiveness of a blues performer, and the drone of his guitar suggests that he is more at home with his 1980s metal counterparts. The title track, the antithesis of blues music, epitomises the dirge-like nature ... Read More:

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Naturally

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: J.J. Cale

Release Date October 07, 1987
"Naturally" by J J Cale - an album that compells you to nod your head and utter the words "Hell, yeah."

Make no mistake, this album is seriously cool - a short collection of perfectly executed tunes. The tunes bop and swagger along, underpinned by tantalising guitar licks, awesome boogie-woogie piano, cheeky drum beats and Cale's laconic vocal drawl.

"After Midnight" is a cracker - a bluesy piano riff, off-beat rhythms and a sassy vocal from Mr Cale. "Nowhere To Run" is beautiful muted funk, with choppy piano, a honeyed vocal line and a solid gold horn section. Both of these tunes are perfect examples of the laid back vibe that permeates this consistently great album.

"Naturally" is as welcome and as easily enjoyable as a rare steak served with ... Read More:

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The Definitive Ray Charles

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by: Ray Charles

Release Date September 26, 2005
The first hit single in the U K by Ray Charles was Georgia on my mid in 1960 and this disc made No 24.Charles was on a new label by then and the Atlantic sides while issued here meant nothing until the Age of Merseybeat.
Hit the road Jack went top 5 and it was nothing but up from then with the Modern Sounds of Country & Western spawning a number of hit singles.
Ray's earlier work on Swingtime began apperaing on a label called Society.
This CD is a pretty comprehensive overview of the most essential recordings which include his Beatles covers and ends with his version of Imagine.
Theres never been any shortage of albums by Ray Charles and I think the first was What'd I say-which was probably too far away from general tastes at the time because America was so far ... Read More: