5 comments about Couldn't Stand the Weather.

1. Blues legend Stevie Ray Vaughn tears it up in this, his sophomore effort with backing band Double Trouble. From the electrifying opening track "Scuttle Buttin'" to the jazzy "Stang's Swing" Vaughn shows why he was the premiere axman of his era. There may have been guitarists in the past who were more in touch with the raw emotion of the blues, but nobody can match his technique, his precision, and his fire. Other standouts include the title track (with its unusual timings) "Things That I Used to Do" (applying his lightning fingers to a slower blues) and the delicious "Cold Shot". Throughout, Vaughn does a creditable job with the vocals, and his backing band wisely stays out the way. He fails to come up with anything special for his cover of Hendrix' "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" but then, when has anyone ever managed to improve on Hendrix? A must for aficionados of blues guitar.



2. This has never been one of my favorite releases from Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. It's not bad by any stretch, but it never hooked me that way I would have liked. For example, "Scuttle Buttin'" is a decent opener, and a high energy one at that, but I've never thought it to be quite up to some of their other instrumental pieces. And, while a bit of Jimi Hendrix is always appreciated, his treatment of "Voodoo Chile" doesn't really offer up anything new and, so, is a bit disappointing.
   
   None of these songs are bad. They just don't grab my attention the way SRV did with his debut, Texas Flood, or would again on later albums. There are some very strong points, however, such as the soulful slow blues of "Tin Pan Alley," which really is a top notch track.
   
   This seems like a negative review...but I really like this album! It's just that I have high standards when it comes to SRV, and this one doesn't quite measure up to his best work. But it's still good!
   
   The album sounds great, so it gets high marks for the remaster.
   
   The bonus tracks are always a nice addition, but they just don't make a big impact on this one. "Hide Away" is relatively mild and "Look at Little Sister" doesn't come across as much different than the version on Soul to Soul. Decent additions...but not much that's above and beyond.



3. one of my friends was trying to get me to buy this cd and I was septical because if you have heard one blues artist you have heard them all right? WRONG! this guys is probubly the best "blues" guitar players I have ever heard. He is nothing like anything you have ever heard. This earns 10 stars even though there is only room for 5. If your into blues music, do your self a favor and pic up this album. it will imediatly become the one you compair all the others to. ENJOY!



4. On Couldn't Stand The Weather, Stevie Ray Vaughan began to separate himself from every other modern bluesman with his distinct playing style.
   
   On this record, you can hear a number of influences both individual and stylistic. The obvious Hendrix influence in a scorching version of "Voodoo Chile," Guitar Slim/Albert King/Albert Collins on "The Things That I Used To Do," and jazzy influenced "Tin Pan Alley" and "Stang's Swang." These, plus "Cold Shot" and the title cut elevated Vaughan to a different level than most of his contemporaries.
   
   This is a fantastic blues/jazz album.



5. I defy anyone to tell me SRV does NOT do a better shot at Voodoo Chile!!
   
   The man FOREVER!!

5 comments about The Road We're On.

1. Landreth takes another 3 year break between albums finally releasing "Road" in 2003. This is another solid release from Landreth featuring plenty of smoking slide guitar and Cajun blues. The album frequently steps into more straight ahead rock territory as well which is yet another style that Landreth seems completely comfortable with. Personally I don't think this album is quite as good as either "Outward Bound" or "South Of I-10", but it is an improvement over the mixed results of his last disc "Levee Town". Highlights on this one include "True Blue" that almost sounds like Foghat to my ears. "Gone Pecan" is a cool little rave up with an irresistible chorus and lightning fast guitar. "Natural World" is Sonny's message song about the changing nature of the environment around us. "Gemini Blues", features more great guitar work from Sonny. Overall this is another album that should please the Landreth faithful and fans of slide guitar Cajun blues in general.



2. The only way Sonny Landreth gets better than this is live in concert. "The Road We're On" has it all: Sonny's unique synthesis of blues, rock, zydeco and that special touch of genius that is pure Sonny. His songwriting reaches a peak that nears perfection, his blues groove is solid and deep, his instrumental breaks are inspired, and it's really cool to hear him on a range of instruments, including a National resonator guitar. Nobody is as innovative stylistically as Sonny, and I think he hit a high point in his career on this one. Just about the only CD that knocks "The Road We're On" out of my player is "Grant Street," and they're both going on my iPod. Buy it. Buy copies for your friends. Give a copy to your mother if she's cool enough to stand it. While you're at it, drop a note to thank Sugar Hill for letting Sonny make records there. This one turned me into a real Sonnyvangelist.



3. I've heard many slide players and I don't think any of them are better than Sonny. This particular recording has no weak spots: just Sonny laying down some basic blues and stomp, Louisiana-style. You just cannot go wrong with this one. Sonny's style is truly unique, a joy to behold. He is a "National" treasure--check out his steel standard-driven "Jukebox Mama" which finishes the disk. One great tune after another, all guaranteed to get you up and moving.



4. Sonny Landreth is an accomplished slide guitarist whose work has spanned several solo projects. Besides that, however, his blues & swamp boogie groove coupled with an underlying tone of some raw rock riffs has allowed him to also gain notoriety with the music world. He's played with John Hiatt, Buddy Guy, and Mark Knopfler among others.
   
   There have been a bevy of blues guitarists come and go in the past 20 years, and despite the staying power of several, it took this listener an accidental stumble through Amazon.com music categories to discover his music. Landreth plays great groove that is soothing and soulful while at the same time adding a darker, deeper feel to his songs that I have not experienced since Jimmy Page's (guitarist for Led Zeppelin, in CASE you didn't know) "Outrider" album.
   
   On "The Road we're on", Landreth plays a no nonsense style of blues that has a modern feel but still an atmospheric presence of some southern swamp who's landscape is only deterred by a gas station and an old dance hall with a broke down pickup out front. I like his style because he's able to embrace an old blues feel but still have some technical prowess thrown in that reminds me of some of the rock guitarists like Eric Johnson. What's fun about this kind of CD to me is that you can play it anywhere..A road trip, the back porch on a summer night Barbequing with friends, or just around the house on any given day. No matter what mood your in, I think Landreth's style of blues will find a place with you no matter what.
   
   I won't cover every track on the album but just touch base with some of the tracks and my opinions of them.
   
   Track one starts off the album with "True Blue" and is a slow, groovy track that evokes a midnight rambler of a tune that has some low sounding bass to it while also of course, having a great lead guitar hitting the high notes. This type of electric guitar approach is technical, but also evoking a "jam" feel, like a bunch of old pals in the back of the club tearing it up on a Saturday night. Landreth's vocals are great, as they are clear and crisp, and though don't come on as raspy or "throaty" as some blues legends of the past, are more of a modern day touch to help balance that old swamp sound.
   
   Track three is "all about you" and kicks off with a rollicking beat that is signature of many songs in the blue's genre. The drums are pretty heavy on this one and Landreth's voice shines on as he tells a simple but satisfying story that rolls along with the guitars.
   
   Track five takes off pretty fast and almost sounds like a "country rocker" out of the gate. "Gone Pecan" is one of my favorite songs by Sonny as its catchy chorus has some fast and fun lyrics that pause before he says, "me and mine, are gone pecan". A second later we're treated to the jam taking off again at full speed and cannot help but smile at the rhythm and overall power of this particular track.
   
   Track six is "Natural World" and is a great written song about the people on earth and the state that the earth is going through. Its not one of those "tree hugger" songs so much as stating that the Natural world changes over time, and its trying to send a message to man, who of course has earplugs in. I'll forgive them if they have headphones on and are just listening to Sonny, but by and by, the song does make a lot of sense. Sound wise this thing is pretty hard rock guitar wise, and we are getting a lot of Edge and Snarl in this. That's okay, because this is the kind of music that does, in my opinion, stand the test of time. Play on Sonny, Move on Mother Earth, continue...
   
   Track ten sounds more like a Jug Band blues ditty starting out before catching a steady beat to ready itself for the rest of the song. Sonny has been knocked a lot by critics for his voice as well as his songwriting, but now I think I know why: Its not because he's a bad songwriter, its because he's that GOOD of a guitar player in his arrangements and execution that we almost get to caught up in the sound of the song and not enough with the themes and songwriting that are woven within. "Gemini Blues" is a great blues-rock track that is another gem on this album.
   
   12 Tracks in all, "The Road We're On" was released in 2003 and though it does not have the diversity and power of his 2005 release "Grant Street Live", its still a great studio album in its own right. Sonny to me showcases much better "blues rock" to me than many that are out there, and I think its because of his ability to play a variety of "blues" mixed in with some Rock and Roll. Soulful sounds also abound with his slide guitar that grooves and grinds till the snakes go back into the water of the swamp. From Robert Johnson to Eric Johnson, and Skynyrd to Seger, if you like some good old-fashioned guitar with some new fashioned sound thrown into the mix, please check out this CD as well as "Grant Street Live" by Sonny Landreth. Great music that will fill any void, but not foil any mood.



5. I understand that this recording was nominated for a grammy award in 2003 , what I don't understand is how any album could have been chosen over this ! Great mix of styles , but the blues guitar is what cuts it here ... Sonny is the MAN!

5 comments about The Best of Taj Mahal.

1. ... a collection to complement this?
   
   this album covers TJ's late 60s and early 70s. how about another collection (maybe double disk) to complement this collection - which covers his later 70s and 80s and 90s ...



2. He never lets us down. These old favorites are blues at the roots. Taj Mahal is one of the great blues men.



3. I finally broke down and dropped twelve bucks on this CD, even though I already had The Essential Taj Mahal, which contains nearly all the tracks on this one. The reason I did it was to get one single track, possibly my favorite song that he has ever recorded: "Farther On Down The Road." This song is so amazing, I plan to play it at my wedding. (I want "Corinna" played at my wedding too, but I doubt I will be lucky enough to find a girl that lets me plan an all-Taj wedding soundtrack; that would be sweet, though). In addition to "Farther On Down The Road," this CD trades two songs from Taj's best album (Giant Step/De Ole Folks At Home) for live versions of these same songs, from the excellent live album The Real Thing. The Essential Taj Mahal includes only the studio versions of these songs, so this CD is a nice complement to The Essential in that respect, especially since the two songs in question are two of his best and worth hearing in multiple versions. And the Real Thing was recorded with a horn section, so the songs do sound plenty different from the studio versions.
   
   Another song that's worthy of mention is "Frankie & Albert," about a woman who shoots her cheating man. I don't know about you, but I find that role reversal pretty refreshing, considering the million versions of "Hey Joe" that have been done.
   
   If you are new to Taj, I would recommend you start with this one rather than The Essential Taj Mahal; if you like what you hear, then later you can get either The Essential Taj Mahal or In Progress & In Motion (a great 3-CD compilation). In Progress & In Motion has Taj's awesome version of the Mississippi John Hurt song "Stagger Lee" (also reworked into a reggae song by the Clash for London Calling), yet another song that is sadly missing from The Essential. Both of these multi-CD compilations do a much better job than The Best Of at covering Taj's later period. He was making good music all the way into the 90's, including some very cool Hawaiian-flavored blues stuff; but The Best Of does not include anything past 1974.
   
   Bottom line: Start here, but *don't* stop here.



4. Taj Mahal exudes the essence of music. He could enthrall an audience with a comb and a piece of wax paper if he felt like it. This man is a griot, a National Treasure. This album effortlessly imparts an education in the background of the blues. One jewel of a song after another.



5. This collection focuses on the very early Taj Mahal and contains most of his early classics. For anyone not familiar with this artist this is a great place to start. You get a full taste of "Taj Mahal", "The Natch'l Blues" and "The Real Thing"(with the tuba band), his first 3 excellent albums, and it is obvious from these how eclectic a blues performer he is. Taj Mahal has always been one of my favorites, and he presented one of the best live shows I have ever seen. He is touring this summer so check him out if you get a chance, and delve deeply into the rest of his recorded material, particularly "Senor Blues".

5 comments about Runaway Soul.

1. I saw her in concert as part of a group of folk song artists and she stood out among them as talented and powerful. I bought this CD the next day. There is an earthiness to her and her songs speak to her experience.



2. I was very happy with the disc. It was a great price and arrived before it was scheduled.



3. Ruthie Foster grabs your soul with this CD all you want to do is play it over and over!!!



4. How breathtaking! I'm listening to it as I write this. I don't know music or much else, but I know what stirs and enchants me and Ruthie Foster has me in her pocket, hole or no hole, from the moment I slipped in the disk and hit 'Play'. A friend burned a copy and gave it to me out of the blue, without preamble, in a stack with some other disks. Period. What a humble introduction for what I'm beginning to think may enter my pantheon of soul-stirring albums without blemish. That would put her in lofty company indeed, by MY lights, at least. Like, Carole King's 'Tapestry', Cat Stevens' 'Tea For the Tillerman', 'Fleetwood Mac', Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' and Meatloaf's 'Bat Out of Hell', to name just a few. I wasn't even sure what her name was at first, since he'd scrawled it on the CD. But I know it now and I'll do my small part to spread it around. THIS woman deserves to be famous. 'Runaway Soul' and Ruthie Foster have that sort of classic quality that just leaps into your heart and your guts and stakes a claim right from the first listening. I regret not having heard her in concert. That must be astonishing. But even from my tinny stereo she makes me cry, clap my hands and strut my flat like a one-man Mardi Gras! By all means, do yourself a kindness, if you love R&B, gospel, soul, or just smoothly polished passion and heartfelt boogie, buy a NEW copy of this CD. Which reminds me, I need to buy one too. This woman also DESERVES TO BE PAID!!!



5. The music on this CD is moving...emotionally, energetically, compositionally, and humanly. Ruthie Foster's delivery is magnificent and so well complemented by Cyd's rhythm and accompanying vocals. After I first experienced Ruthie perform (she was with Bo Didley in MD) her music was with me and in my soul. She is a treasure. Listening to, or singing along with Ruthie can make your day. Also check out her CD, "Stages" - standout performances by Ruthie and Cyd.

5 comments about Live From Austin TX.

1. Susan Tedeschi, a singer of the blues with a Janis Joplin feel. Tedeschi has risen up the ranks by hard work and a formal education in music, resulting in multi Grammy Award Nominations. This live performance at 'Austin City Limits' reveals her versatility and enthusiasm as she sings from her heart. The voice of Susan Tedeschi has been described as "a blend of Bonnie Raitt and Janis Joplin." This CD is well worth adding to your collection.



2. I had never heard of Susan Tedeschi until a guy I used to be involved with introduced me to her music. Since then I have bought three of her CDs because I enjoy her voice and musicianship very much. The best songs on here, to me, are the title song, plus "I Don't Want Nobody" and "It Hurts Me Too." There are no throwaway songs on here, just some really good listening.



3. I've been a Susan Tedeschi fan for a while, and I was so excited to get this album for Christmas -- and overall, it's great music. Tedeschi is an outstanding blues/rock musician, and she's in great form with this recording from Austin City Limits.
   
   I was really surprised, though, when I popped it in and heard nothing but Tedeschi's singing and the organ/synth. Yeah, the drums are present. During solos, you can sort of hear Tedeschi's excellent guitar. But the predominant instrument in the mix is that ever-present synth, and that is just not the right mix for her music.
   
   Tedeschi is so good that this album is still excellent -- but more for the hard-core fans who can appreciate the alternate sound. The recording/mixing wasn't up to par, so if you've never heard Tedeschi before, go with one of her studio albums.



4. Ms Tedeschi's rendition of "Angel From Montgomery" is worth the price of this CD. WONDERFUL!!! As great as Bonie Raitt does with the old John Prine tune, Tedeschi does better. Soulful and full of emotion. You feel the emptiness and the desire for that reprive. Just great!



5. With material from all her earlier CDs and a Sly and Family Stone cover not previously available, this serves as a live greatest hits or best of. I've seen her a few times live and this is very represenataive of her concert work also. The guitar work is fine but you can see the later material is emphasizing her vocals more than her playing.

5 comments about Blues to the Bone.

1. I am a huge BLUES fan, but it is hard to find in my area, so I buy a lot of "BLUES" CDs. Although Keb" Mo is probably one of my favorites, I have played the Etta James CD all the way to work and back (60miles/day) every day since I received it from Amazon, and still not tired of her rich voice.



2. Despite the title, this is not Etta's best blues performance. When she's hot she's hot. This stuff is pretty perfunctory.



3. I have just listened to her CD, Blues To The Bone, and she is as phenominal as ever!!
   I`m in no way an expert of the Blues, but I know what I like.
   There is no way you can listen to this CD, and not move to the music!
   She proves, once again, that she is the Queen of Blues!!
   God Bless you Miss Etta!!!



4. A remarkable lack of mojo renders this suitable only as background music in fast food suburban restaurants - I guess the hokey cover photo should have warned me. If you want full-on Jamesian mojo then play her Matriarch of the Blues album LOUD! - see p2 of my reviews.



5. This is one of Etta's finest pieces of work! She is someone to be admired, and highly recommend this album to anyone who loves the blues!

5 comments about Howlin' Wolf/Moanin' in the Moonlight.

1. Howlin' Wolf is one of the seminal blues artists. His guitar and that scritchy voice are definitive of the blues standard. This CD is actually a two-fer, a Chess compilation of his two first albums: Howlin' Wolf and Moanin' at Midnight.
   
   The packaging isn't much to be proud of. You get liner notes, but not much else and the paper's pretty disreputable.
   
   Favorites:
   
   "Back Door Man" you'll hear this one covered all over the place, but nobody does it like the Wolf.
   
   "Evil" well, doesn't the name say it?
   
   "Going Down Slow" this is an interesting perspective on the music business and money.
   
   Rebecca Kyle, August 2008



2. It's hard to over rate the impact these early HW recordings have had on rock and roll. As is well known HW and his contemporaries were hugely influential on the 60s giants like Hendrix, Clapton, the Stones, Led Zeppelin and John Mayall but countless other lesser known lights have also sprung from HW's fertile loins. Even now, 50 or so years later, these two platters still stand up to scrutiny. HW's voice is one of the most distinctive in modern music and he uses it to great effect on every track here. The lyrics are superb too, always lascivious, frequently laugh out loud funny. It's a stone classic in every way and anyone with even a remote interest in the evolution of rock music should own a copy. Also good for shaking your thang to... "We're gonna wang dang doodle ALL night long..!"



3. A few songs from Moanin' in the Moonlight (Moanin' for My Baby, All Night Boogie, Forty-Four, Baby How Long) aren't exactly all that great, but the rest makes up for it. This is basically a set of blues classics, in fact if Killin' Floor and Sittin' on Top of the World were included you'd think it was a very in-depth best-of. Just look at how many legendary musicians have covered (or ripped off, in Led Zeppelin's case) some of these songs: The Red Rooster, Spoonful, Wang Dang Doodle, Goin' Down Slow, Back Door Man, How Many More Years, Who's Been Talkin'? Smokestack Lightin', Evil, Tell Me or I Asked Her for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline). Most artists are lucky to have two or three legendary songs. Wolf has eleven on this album alone, and this one doesn't even have Killin' Floor, Sittin' on Top of the World or I Ain't Superstitious, also part of legend. But I digress. These original recordings, taken from the old '45s rather than being the remakes spread across his career, pound any cover you can imagine into all hell. Okay, maybe Cream's version of Spoonful beats the original. Maybe not. It's a tough call. But that's beside the point.
   Okay, blues fans withuut this are simply doing themselves a disservice. But a rock or soul fan looking to trace the music's roots who doesn't own a copy of Howlin' Wolf/Moanin' in the Moonlight is also shooting themselves in the foot. Actually, so is anybody who enjoys good music. Plain and simple.



4. My friends, this is the real deal, it just doesn't get any better than this. This is Howlin' Wolf at his gritty, slashin', terrifyin' best, and just about nothing matches the greatness and intensity of the Wolf at his best. Nearly every track is a classic and all of them are superb. "Red Rooster" "Wang Dang Doodle" "Spoonful" "Back Door Man" "Evil" "I Asked For Water..." are among the most well known clasics in the entire genre, but every track is top notch. His voice was truly original (even tho Capt. Beefheart managed to imitate it uncannily well) and likely shocked the pants off the first to hear him. This is such down and dirty, greasy, slicin' blues that it's impossible to think of it as being as "old" as it is. The Wolf was so far ahead of his time that time still hasn't caught up. Though he's had many admirers among rock stars, such as the Stones, he's really never quite received the fame and recognition that he deserves for having been such a genius. THe musicians are wonderful, Hubert Sumlin may be the nastiest blues guitarist ever to grace a track, but it is the monumental, legendary, godlike Wolf who stands out the most.



5. Let's get my only gripes out of the way now--a drunk monkey could've come up with better packaging than what comes with this 2-albums-in-one set. The cover art is sloppily integrated and cheap, the albums are oddly in reverse chronological order (the self-titled album was released in 1962, Moanin' In The Moonlight in 1959), the liner notes are minimal given Chester Burnett A.K.A. Howlin' Wolf's importance to modern blues and the sound quality is so-so (Chess offers a remastered single disc titled His Best, if this bothers you). They even left off a track due to what they claim is CD length limitations, which is B.S. since the whole thing is under 70 minutes and most of the existing tracks are under three. Who are they trying to kid?
   
   Other than that, this is SEMINAL electric blues from one of the best in the business. Wolf is quite simply the finest blues vocalist ever--his gravelly, soulful, cavernous growl is unmistakable and awesome, befitting a man of such huge girth and power (listen to the microphone nearly detonate on the beginning of Moanin' In The Moonlight from trying to handle his voice). His lyrics exude passion and grit, but not without a touch of humor--this is blues to party to. The band behind him is equally potent, with Hubert Sumlin's iconic riffs and Willie Dixon's bass playing and songwriting acumen.
   
   Every song from the self-titled is a classic--the boogie-blues of Shake For Me, innuendo-drenched Little Red Rooster, party stomper Wang Dang Doodle, slow-burning and funny Goin' Down Slow, and the catchy backbeat of Down From The Bottom being my favorites. Moanin' In The Moonlight isn't quite as memorable, but it too has its share of historical blues singles such as How Many More Years, Smokestack Lightnin', Forty Four, and the Dixon-penned Evil.
   
   This is the real stuff, and an essential buy. Let's just hope this package gets updated for a new generation.

5 comments about The Anthology.

1. What can I say that hasn't already been said??
   Bobby is the man (period)
   And to top it all off, Amazon has a great price for this Anthology CD. Dont even think about downloading per track! You will be looking at about $45-$50 bucks. And the free shipping... just cant be beat.
   There are at least 30 "hits" on this CD of 50. Excellent value



2. Yeah, this is what I mean when I say, "talking about the blues". This is it. Bobby Blue Bland is the man!!!! That roughness in his voice is it!!! Sit down, pull your shoes off, relax and listen to this!!!! You need no other!!!! My husband and I love it!!! We have all of Bobby's cds AND some tapes (we're from the "ole school").
   
   B.T.



3. How many artists have been covered by the Grateful Dead ("One More Saturday Night"), been sampled by Jay-Z ("Ain't No Love In the Heart of the City"), and played with B.B. King in concert? Just one: Bobby "Blue" Bland. Man, this guy is amazing. I religiously listen to the blues show on my local jazz radio station every weekend, but besides one live Albert Collins CD, some John Lee Hooker, and some Howlin' Wolf, I've almost never actually gone out and bought something I heard on that show. But when I heard Bobby's "Goin' Down Slow," I was transfixed. I had already arrived home in my Jeep, but I sat there through the five minute song, in awe, and I couldn't stop thinking how this was something that Dylan or Jerry Garcia would just LOVE (and that was before I knew that "One More Saturday Night" was actually a Bobby Bland cover!). Well, about half the stuff on this Anthology is equally good. Just listen to the sound sample for "Poverty," as well as the songs I've already mentioned. Check Bobby Bland out for yourself and you won't be disappointed.



4. You can't think about downhome blues without thinking about Bobby Bland. Even though he has a more sophisticated style of singing the blues, his singing will put you in a bluesy mood.



5. This cd is the best option for avid Bobby Bland fans. It has every song that you might possibly want and some you may have forgotten. For the price, its optimum.

2 comments about The Definitive Collection.

1. This is an excellent career overview of an artist who dances to his own drummer. If you like something different from what you hear most of the time from artists that have a loose association with Nashville, this is music you will enjoy for a lifetime. The (*) is for the fact that Delbert released a couple of albums to attempt to reach a wider audience and if you are so inclined you should also purchase "Never Been Rocked Enough" to fully appreciate both sides of Delbert with no overlap. Very enjoyable listening all around.



2. This CD is a good historical account of my favorite singer's career. The liner notes tell the story of this musical genius whose style has changed with the times - and whose personality and versatility are amazing. He gets better every year.

5 comments about Full Circle.

1. I first saw Walter Trout when he was playing with Coco Montoya in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. He blew my mind! This CD is full of smokin' red-hot guitar leads and is excellent all-around. I can't believe I waited several years to buy it! Well worth it!!



2. Will never again be mislead by alot of positive reviews. This album sounds like a garage band of high school kids from about 1967.



3. IF YOU LOVE THE BLUES AND HAVE AN APPRECIATION FOR TRULY GREAT BLUES GUITARISTS THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE THIS CD!!!



4. Full Circle by Walter Trout is undoubtably the best cd I have ever purchased. Every song on it could be a hit. He plays his heart out
   and his partners did also. Best track is #12 Joe Bonamasso and Walter seem to inspire each other.



5. I was looking for some new electric blues, and was recommended this. Surprisingly good! There's a lot of soul, with a reverence for the blues, but not so much so that it's stuck in the past. This album has attitude, variety, and it just sounds like they're having a great time playing the music. There are a couple of pieces that aren't my cup of tea, but there were MANY more that I really dig. Good stuff!