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.DUKE ROBILLARD BAND
CALLING ALL BLUES
SISTA MONICA PARKER
SOUL BLUES & BALLADS
TOMMY CASTRO AND THE PAINKILLERS
STOMPIN' GROUND
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
TAKE THE HIGH ROAD
MIKE ZITO & THE WHEEL
GONE TO TEXAS
Bob Margolin
In North Carolina
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