Album of the Week 4-5-25
Afternoon folks!
This week we're starting off with some blue deliciousness from Johnny Copeland, Robert Cray and Albert Collins together on a great album, followed by a 1940's era album from saxophonist Eddie Vinson and a mid 70's B.B. King album to mellow you out. A fine album of blues-rock follows from John Mayall with some notable sidemen and then how about some bluegrass? - It's the Kentucky Colonels (featuring Clarence White who would later be the guitarist for The Byrds). After that there's some live goodness from the David Bromberg Band and we finish up with an album from British folk rockers The Oyster Band.
Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!
Here 'tis:
Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Johnny Copeland ~ Showdown!
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson & Orchestra ~ 1946-47
The Kentucky Colonels ~ Livin' In The Past
David Bromberg Band ~ You Should See The Rest Of The Band
Comments
Great Bromberg
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soul-soothing blues
dance worthy to boot
with dixie flavors
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afternoon qms...
glad you enjoyed the tunes. i've listened to that bromberg album countless times over the years and it always sounds great.
Great Oyster album
Never heard of them before.
Thanks for that.
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afternoon earthling...
the oyster band were largely overlooked despite their obvious talent. i am looking around for what i consider their best album "holy bandits," which should have been a breakthrough album for them, but alas. oh well, if i can dig it up, you'll hear it here so to speak.
Hi Joe,
Hi Joe,
Thanks for the great sounds!
That Collins and Cray was great....
So was the Mayall, especially that last tune whence Mick Taylor got to bust a move...
Thanks!
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evening dystopian...
i keep thinking that one of these days the people who decide which albums are classics will grant the copeland, cray & collins album that distinction. it's both a musically satisfying album and something of a time piece, some of the best performances of a particular era of the blues.
i have always wished that the mayall album had been better recorded, mayall recorded a lot of his live performances, but a lot of it that was subsequently released sounds like it was recorded on cassette tapes or low quality two-track reels.
have a good one!