Blues CD reviews-- Bob Kissel
Hi. My first blog attempt. Been collecting reviews from Bob Kissel and myself and will start to list them here. Just to catch up to zero, here aer several Kissel turned in recently:1. Various Artists -- "Chicago Blues Reunion--Buried Alive in the Blues"
(Out of the Box Records) Reunion of 1960's new wave artists (read white
folks). The CD is somewhat uneven but overall not bad. I found the
guitar work of Harvey Mandell to be a distraction.
2. North Mississippi All Stars -- "Electric Blue Watermelon' (ATO)
More a mix of Southern Blues/rock, the CD seems to lack direction or a
tangible "punch."
3. Otis Taylor (Telarc): Otis strikes again, taking the country blues
idiom wayyyy into left field.
4. Terry Robb (Yellow Dog) Very sweet a.m./afternoon-friendly mix of
blues/folk, with several instrumentals as the highlights.
5. Carlos Guitarlos (Nomad) "Hell Can Wait." Much better second CD
effort by this former LA street dude.
Numbers 1, 3, and 4 have been put in the adds I believe.
Kissel suggested for Pond only:
6. Johnny Rawls "No Boundaries" (Top Cat) This soul/blues CD has solid
musical backing, but the songs are noticably weak.
posted by Cathi N @ 10:31:00 AM
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