Friday, June 26, 2009

Bernard Allison, Keepin' the Blues Alive, Cannonball Records

He's an argument for the blues being genetic, because he sure musta got a bunch of Luther's genes. Rockin' Chicago-electric blues, although he'd go over big at the W.C. Handy Blues Festival in Henderson, Ky., or the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Young Boy's Blues is a corker and Walkin' would take me a long way, strollin' or drivin'. You Gave Me the Blues is a soul-inflected blues ballad with some great guitar licks, like those aren't crawling all over this. Delicious cover of Ike Turner's Rocket 88 and boffo B-3 backing from Ron Levy.

The only thing I wonder is why there is a BB rolling around in the chamber on the left side of the CD jewel case.

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