2008-10-06
This CD brings together artists who were legendary in the Nashville, Tennessee blues scene years ago. The 18 cuts are all rather banal down-home-blues style tunes (think Z.Z. Hill or Clarence Carter without their spunk) and many of the tunes are disappointingly predictable. For example, on track #12, Girlfriend Blues, Johnny Jones describes discovering his girlfriend in bed with another woman (who “ironically” is a woman he was having an affair with) and of course, he wraps up the song with the hope of joining in.CEDRIC BURNSIDE AND LIGHTNIN’ MALCOLM -
2 MAN WRECKING CREW
SISTA MONICA PARKER
SOUL BLUES & BALLADS
Tim Woods
The Blues Sessions
NICK GORDON
CHRONIC BLUES PARTY
FIONA BOYES
BLUES FOR A HARD WORLD
FIONA BOYES
BLUES WOMAN
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