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.JOE LOUIS WALKER
WITNESS TO THE BLUES
RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS
CONTEMPORARY
Rick "LA" Holmstrom
Late in the Night
SUSAN TEDESCHI
BACK TO THE RIVER
SUE FOLEY
ICE QUEEN
PETER ROGAN
STILL TRYIN' TO BELIEVE
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