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Review by Cub Koda
Originally released as Folk Festival of the Blues on Chess’s Argo subsidiary, the reissue gets the title right the second time around, a live document of a steamy night in a Chicago blues club. Chicago blues disc jockey Big Bill Hill intros the band and the assembled stars (one of whom, Little Walter, is nowhere to be found on this disc), then Buddy Guy’s band rips into “Wee Wee Baby,” and sung in three-part harmony by Buddy, Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon. Some of the tracks here are ringers; Sonny Boy Williamson’s “Bring It On Home” and a stray Buddy Guy track are actually studio takes with fake applause dubbed on. But the two from Howlin’ Wolf and everything here from Muddy are as real as it gets; funky, out of tune in spots, with the crowd literally sweating all over the tape. Muddy’s versions (with Otis Spann sitting in with the band) of “Clouds In My Heart,” and “She’s 19 Years Old” are nothing short of brilliant and the only thing better than this aural document would be to have actually been there right down front. Simply raw and amazing.
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Globally acclaimed guitarist / vocalist Kirk Fletcher returns with his eighth studio album titled Keep on Pushing . Co-produced with JD Simo, and recorded alongside some of Nashville’s meanest blues cats – the new record brings 10 tracks of raw, straight-from-the-heart blues emotion.
~Neven Tili [Blues Rock Review]
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Recorded at Blackbird Studio A and Ronnie’s Place in Nashville, TN, Down The Hatch was mixed and mastered by Michael Saint-Leon and Tom Hambridge at The Switchyard. Tom has hand-assembled a stellar group of talented musicians for this album: Rob McNelley (Bob Seger) , Tom Bukovac (Joe Walsh) , Bob Britt (Bob Dylan) and Buddy Guy on guitar; Glenn Worf (Mark Knopfler) , Tommy MacDonald (Johnny Winter) and Anton Nesbitt (BeBe & CeCe Winans ) on bass; Mike Rojas (The Black Keys ) Kevin Mckendree (Brian Setzer) and Noah Forbes on keyboard. Tim Lauer (The Smashing Pumpkins ) is contributing on accordion with Hambridge on drums, vocals, and percussion.
~Gerry McNally [Folk and Tumble]
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Mike Brookfield has the technical training to be a guitar god, as you might expect from one of Dublin’s most reputable instructors. Brookfield names Clapton as one of his biggest inspirations, and it’s certainly not hard to hear in the melodic turns and technical prowess Brookfield demonstrates on the fretboard.
~Richard MacDougall [Blues Rock Review]
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The John Dummer Band also known as John Dummer’s Blues Band, John Dummer’s Famous Music Band, John Dummer’s Oobleedooblee Band and The John Dummer Band Featuring Nick Pickett was a British blues band, of the 1960s and 1970s, noted for its extensive roster of members, including Graham Bond, Dave Kelly, Jo Ann Kelly, Tony McPhee, Bob Hall, John O’Leary and Pick Withers, and for supporting US bluesmen such as Howlin’ Wolf and John Lee Hooker on UK tours.
The band was signed to Mercury Records and their first album, Cabal, was released in 1969. Dave and Jo-Anne Kelly and Tony McPhee were featured artists. The band was the same as had regularly played the Studio 51 Club, their regular Sunday afternoon residency, where the band picked up a following at the club with visiting artists such as John Mayall, Keef Hartley, Champion Jack Dupree, Long John Baldry, Duster Bennett and Alexis Korner. Tony McPhee left the band shortly after to re-form The Groundhogs.
[Wikipedia]
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