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Runaway Soul

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: Ruthie Foster

Release Date August 05, 2003
This is way extra cool music for our tortured souls & troubled minds.
R.F. shines through these brilliant recordings of blues-based ballads with a
heavy portion of gospel and a lil' touch of Mississippi mud.
Relaxed-yet catchy melodies blend with more traditionally crafted blues,
all served with passion, faith and respect.
Foster shouts, wispers, screams, prays with the authority of very few.
Some x-ellent musicians helped out (Gary Primich, Cyd Cassone, Lloyd
Maines-among others).
I'm happy to see this independent release in a large web store.
Worths every penny.

CD-Charts Position 222
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Sneakin' Suspicion

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: Dr. Feelgood

Release Date December 31, 1993
This is way extra cool music for our tortured souls & troubled minds.
R.F. shines through these brilliant recordings of blues-based ballads with a
heavy portion of gospel and a lil' touch of Mississippi mud.
Relaxed-yet catchy melodies blend with more traditionally crafted blues,
all served with passion, faith and respect.
Foster shouts, wispers, screams, prays with the authority of very few.
Some x-ellent musicians helped out (Gary Primich, Cyd Cassone, Lloyd
Maines-among others).
I'm happy to see this independent release in a large web store.
Worths every penny.

CD-Charts Position 223
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Live in Japan

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: Roy Buchanan

Release Date September 08, 2003
This was the great mans favourite of his original albums, and was only released in Japan in the late 70's so has not been widely available before. It features a wide range of country blues & rock a la Buchanan, including the greatest ever version of Hey Joe, Hendrix does not even come close to the intensity of this.

My advice would be to get the compilations Millenium Collection (Polydor), Guitar on Fire (Atlantic) & De Luxe Edition (Alligator) to hear the best of this tortured genius, but this should be fourth on your list.

What we need now from Polydor is a compilation 2 CD live set from the 1973 Marquee recordings, the 1975 livestock concerts and these japanese sets. That really would set the world on fire. ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 224
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Live at the Ram Jam Club

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: Paul Jones, Dave Kelly

Release Date May 14, 2007
This was the great mans favourite of his original albums, and was only released in Japan in the late 70's so has not been widely available before. It features a wide range of country blues & rock a la Buchanan, including the greatest ever version of Hey Joe, Hendrix does not even come close to the intensity of this.

My advice would be to get the compilations Millenium Collection (Polydor), Guitar on Fire (Atlantic) & De Luxe Edition (Alligator) to hear the best of this tortured genius, but this should be fourth on your list.

What we need now from Polydor is a compilation 2 CD live set from the 1973 Marquee recordings, the 1975 livestock concerts and these japanese sets. That really would set the world on fire. ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 225
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What's the Word

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: Fabulous Thunderbirds

Release Date February 13, 2001
Meet me at the bottom, bring me my running shoes. You can't keep still to this album. The sound is straight out of the 1950s, played on instruments from the time and sympathetically recorded to enhance that R'n'B atmosphere. This is rough, raw, and makes you want to get on the dance floor. It's also just fine in the car where you can boogie along nicely.

Think early Elvis, Elmore James, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry & James Brown. Throw in some Curtis Mayfield, a bit of Ray Charles and pound it out loud and proud. This is, to me, what Eric Clapton ought to sound like instead of the anaesthetic stuff he churned out with BB King.

If you like your R&B raw and living then this album is for you.

CD-Charts Position 226
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Burglar

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: Freddie King

Release Date July 17, 2001
Wow ,what a disc i did hear this about 20 years ago on tape & i had forgot just how dazzling freddie is.Not a bad track on the entire cd & his voice is amazing,the playing is stunning just try sugar sweet with its almost discord opening notes or the pure instumental pulp wood.I had a dream is pure electic blues with freddie sounding great,the jj cale number i got the same old blues never sounded this good before,buy this with confidence you will not be sorry.

CD-Charts Position 227
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A Ship Called Love

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: Eric Bibb

Release Date October 10, 2005
Wow ,what a disc i did hear this about 20 years ago on tape & i had forgot just how dazzling freddie is.Not a bad track on the entire cd & his voice is amazing,the playing is stunning just try sugar sweet with its almost discord opening notes or the pure instumental pulp wood.I had a dream is pure electic blues with freddie sounding great,the jj cale number i got the same old blues never sounded this good before,buy this with confidence you will not be sorry.

CD-Charts Position 228
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Stone Cold Ohio

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: Little Axe

Release Date October 09, 2006
Wow ,what a disc i did hear this about 20 years ago on tape & i had forgot just how dazzling freddie is.Not a bad track on the entire cd & his voice is amazing,the playing is stunning just try sugar sweet with its almost discord opening notes or the pure instumental pulp wood.I had a dream is pure electic blues with freddie sounding great,the jj cale number i got the same old blues never sounded this good before,buy this with confidence you will not be sorry.

CD-Charts Position 229
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In the Morning

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: Joe Louis Walker

Release Date May 28, 2007
I am a huge fan of this mans music and could be regarded as a wee bit biased, almost being predisposed to like a new album before I've heard it. The downside being that expectations are already so high you don't get that wow factor. Except this album has it and then some. The last track alone is so breathetaking that had the rest been filler, I still wouldn't begrudge the purchase. Its not of course, the other tracks are wry, witty and toe tappingly good, your feet will move of their own accord, taking you to previously unvisited parts of your listening room,
Bias or no, the performances on this album are so powerful and full of life that I defy even a non-blues enthusiast not to be swayed by them.

CD-Charts Position 230
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I Was Warned

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: Robert Cray

Release Date December 31, 1993
Some critics believe most of Cray's material is well within his capabilities, but this album illustrates the quality of Robert Cray at his finest.

I saw the Cray band play in Manchester during the Some Rainy Morning tour, where two electrifying encores were played - 'I Was Warned' and 'Our Last Time,' both on this CD and as good today as they were in 92. The title track is well-chosen, arguably Cray's strongest track yet with a mellow, catchy riff, soulful lyric and crisp solo fitting so logically that you can't imagine a single note played differently.

Add to that excellent material like 'Just a Loser' and 'Won the Battle' and this is a superb album.