Post by skitter on Jan 23, 2006 19:29:45 GMT
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Blues Guitar Blasters
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One dozen vituosi illustrate the particular grace and power of the blues guitar with 20 crackling tracks.
The blues guitar's influence on popular music is irrevocable but perhaps not appreciated at root as it might be. The languid improvisation of Albert King revoking Wolf's 'Killing Floor' anticipates psychedelic grunge while Elmore James' instantaneous bottleneck riff on 'Dust My Broom' inspired in itself a blues revival two decades yore. What they never shared and yet what every track here has in common is an integrity of feeling which constantly reinvigorates these performances.
From sleazy instrumentals like Jimmy Nolan's 'After Hours' and Ike Turner's 'Twisting The Strings' to the plangent melody of Guitar Slim's massive 1954 R&B hit 'The Things I Used To Do' and sheer excitement of Lafayette Thomas' 'Jumpin' In The Heart Of Town', the astonishing range and expressible emotion of the blues guitar is skillfully displayed. Pop may occasionally borrow from the blues but it never matches it.
Penny Reel
Blues Guitar Blasters
(Ace)
One dozen vituosi illustrate the particular grace and power of the blues guitar with 20 crackling tracks.
The blues guitar's influence on popular music is irrevocable but perhaps not appreciated at root as it might be. The languid improvisation of Albert King revoking Wolf's 'Killing Floor' anticipates psychedelic grunge while Elmore James' instantaneous bottleneck riff on 'Dust My Broom' inspired in itself a blues revival two decades yore. What they never shared and yet what every track here has in common is an integrity of feeling which constantly reinvigorates these performances.
From sleazy instrumentals like Jimmy Nolan's 'After Hours' and Ike Turner's 'Twisting The Strings' to the plangent melody of Guitar Slim's massive 1954 R&B hit 'The Things I Used To Do' and sheer excitement of Lafayette Thomas' 'Jumpin' In The Heart Of Town', the astonishing range and expressible emotion of the blues guitar is skillfully displayed. Pop may occasionally borrow from the blues but it never matches it.
Penny Reel
