No comments about Live, Vol. 2.

No comments about Jimmy Witherspoon & Jay McShann.

1 comments about Live In The Alley.

1. My significant other is a professional bass player
   and he is extremely impressed with this CD. He plays
   it all the time and raves about the quality of
   all the musicians. We both highly recommend it.

No comments about King Biscuit Blues: The Helena Blues Legacy.

5 comments about Etta James Rocks the House.

1. I really hadn't listened to Etta James before, but recently heard a couple of her songs on [...] - well, I liked them and decided to get a cd. This woman really does Rock the House! What a voice! She reminds me a little of Tina Turner when she was with Ike. I think Janis Joplin may have been influenced somewhat by Etta James. I'm very happy with my purchase.



2. An absolute masterpiece. I listen to it over and over and I am still amazed at the energy and creativeness she puts in each song. There is one slow song on the cd that kind of breaks the rockin' mood, but it is still an awesome cd, one of my all time favorites.



3. One of the greatest live club recordings in Blues, and the only one from Etta's early career. You can feel the party; folks are screaming, Etta's steaming, the whole country was still reeling from her '61 At Last! recording that will also knock your shoes off and have you rocking the house yourself. Oh, Etta sings some beautiful blues, you know, but she can rip out some heart-wrenching gutteral gospel, too; it's all here in this one-night show. Just 25 years old and in full power, Live.
   
   The audience is up screaming and dancing from the first number and Etta immediately slides into the sexiest version of Jimmy Reed's Baby, Any Way You Want Me To Do, giving the song all new meaning. Just four years earlier Ray Charles topped the charts with What I Say, and Etta belts it out true to form with all the flavor Ray gave it, and the audience is absolutely enthralled. You are right there with them on this recording.
   
   She puts The Beatles to shame on Money (That's What I Want), and beat them to it here, rocking out to the tune originally recorded by Motown writer Barrett Strong in 1959. The Beatles made a hit out of it in '63 only after this show. They've Etta James to thank for warming Americans up to the beat.
   
   The house stays on their feet keeping the floor wet though a rocking bluesy Seven Day Fool and they don't get a rest till the guitarist gets to put on a show of his own with Sweet Little Angel; a B.B. King classic, sung by Etta "with a feeling" as Little Walter wrote and Paul Butterfield so famously quoted and promoted. Oh, what a feeling. The first set ends here and we break for drinks!
   
   Encore time! Ooh Poo Pah Doo gets the fans all riled up and dancing again. You can imagine a mixed crowd of revelers, drinks and smokes set down now, see 'em Twisting in front of the band and throughout the aisles. Back to B.B. King for Woke Up This Morning in rockin' double time, and Etta finishes off her party sending everyone home sweaty and in the mood with another Jimmy Reed classic, Ain't That Lovin' You Baby.
   
   Oh, Baby, what a night!



4. Years ago a friend had this on cassette. I finally found it on Amazon.com. What a woman! What a voice! I recommend this CD to anyone who likes Etta James. This CD always gets me moving and smiling.



5. This album is the best album I own, and I own a lot of music. If you don't love the emotion, intensity, and power of this than nothing can move you.

No comments about Real Blues.

No comments about John Mayall Plays John Mayall.

4 comments about Live and Let Live!.

1. If you like soul, blues, and/or funk, buy this disc. No questions, just buy it. And go buy the follow-up from 1990 too. King & Evans, with help from Ry Cooder, put out some of the best music of its time period and their covers of the standards "Just a Little Bit" and "Dark End of the Street" are the best renditions ever done. Trust me on this!



2. Four and a half, actually, and docked a half star only because they don't keep the brilliance up for the entire album.

   But what a treat most of the cuts on this album are, replete with Ry Cooder's tastiest guitar licks and production. The band is funky and tight, and the singing is otherworldly.

   Treat yourself to this album. It reminds you just how good soul duet singing can be.

   Just in case you'd forgotten.




3. these songs will make you laugh, make you cry, and every emotion in between. If you ever want to share the blues with someone who has never listened to it this is a 'must' to recommend to them



4. Having loved stax/atlantic soul in the 60s l heard about this album and before playing it for the first time l could still hear Sam & Dave live on stage, opposite in character but blending perfectly. Bobby King and Terry Evans were unknown to me and have to admit they have better voices yet perform very much in the spirit of the famous duo. From slow ballads to the funkiest music they truly groove having a mutual empathy with each other and with the benefit of modern production values this album is a gem. Miss it at your peril.

No comments about Life Is a Song.

2 comments about Live from Chicago.

1. Lonnie Brooks is one of the BEST! If you enjoy real up beat blues you will LOVE this!!! I bought 5 more of his CD's after this one. Highly recommend all of his music he is really fabulous. You won't be sorry both my husband and I have truly enjoyed Lonnie's work. You will find yourself turning up the volume and dancing as you become addicted to this man's music.



2. One of the most happy blues albums,this one recorded at a Chicagoan Club,reveals all of the magic of Lonnie's gutural voice and his really fast way to play guitar.The best sets are "One More Shot" and the sensational version of "Hideaway",plus the emotional"In the Dark"! You will really buy this one,and of course..... ....never will be the same!