Nuovo album del sempre verde Elvin Bishop, in compagnia del Big Fun Trio ì (Willy Jordan, cajon e voce,Bob Welsh, chitarra e piano), dove musica e humor vanno di pari passo, con un contesto di solido blues e rhythm and blues. A parte la canzone che dà il titolo al disco, ci sono quattro nuovi brani di Bishop e delle spettacolari covers, rilette con forza, passione ma anche divertimento personale. Brani come Right Now Is The Hour, dello stesso Bishop, (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher, spettacolare rilettura del brano più famoso di Jackie Wilson ed una vitalissima I Can't Stand The Rain ( Ann Peebles ).
Band dal suono potente, Altered Five Blues Band arrivano dal Milwaukee, ma ora sono di stanza a Nashville, dove hanno registrato questo album, il quinto della loro discografia, sotto la produzione esperta di Tom Hambridge. Il disco contiene 12 canzoni, in cui si evidenziano la voce di Jeff JT Taylor e la chitarra di Jeff Schroedl.Basta ascoltare l'iniziale Right On, Right On, un boogie blues potente, oppure il rockin' the blues Too Mad To Make Up, per capire a cosa ci troviamo di fronte. Altri brani degni di nota, sempre in ambito blues, molto elettrico: Great Minds Drink Alike, Don't Rock My Blues, Mischief Man.
Distributed by Sire Records Group, Inc.
con Kim Wilson, Robbie Blunt, Mark Stanway
Recorded at The Benton Park Studio, St. Louis, MO on September 11, 2000.
All tracks published by Lizbar Music / Howling Moon Entertainment (BMI) except track 2 published by Universal Duchess Music / Wabash Music Co. (BMI), track 5 published by Arc Music Corp. (BMI) and track 9 published by Reginald Music Publishers (BMI).
© ? 2002 Fedora Records
2CD. Un disco dal vivo e uno di studio.
Unauthorized release, same as "American Guitar Hero".
This recording contains material from Bloomfield's McCabe's performances: McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA; January 1, 1977.
According to my research tracks 3,4,8,9, and 12 indeed seem to stem from the McCabe's performance as they are identical with their correspondents on "Live at McCabe's Guitar Workshop, January 1, 1977" (AllMusic: Release Date September 22, 2017)
Whereas tracks 1,2,5,6,7,10,11 "audibly" stem from the April 18, 1977 performance at the "Old Waldorf" (CD: "San Francisco Nights" AllMusic: Release Date March 9, 2018).
The timing of track 11 "Between a hard place & the ground" is 6:46 on "Wee Wee Hours" whereas its correspondent (track 10) on "San Francisco Nights" is 7:03 (AllMusic a.o.).
Finally it must be stated that "identical" does NOT mean that the different editions of the above mentioned tracks have the same sound, which indeed varies from one edition to the other.
Recorded at The Loft, Bronxville, NY
Total length: 53:30