Apr 2008 Dave Riley & Bob Corritore “Travellin’ The Dirt Road”
Artista / Grupo: Dave Riley & Bob Corritore
Álbum: Travellin’ The Dirt Road
Discográfica: Blue Witch
Año publicación: 2007
Fecha crítica: 4/2008
Valoración: ESSENTIAL
An album that brings us different Delta blues aspects with the personal vision of two experienced musicians and deep masters of that musical style, singer and guitar player Dave Riley and harmonica player Bob Corritore, who has also produced the cd It’s tittle Travellin’ The Dirt Road says what you will find on ten ìntense songs full of the real emotional downhome blues passionate spirit Riley was born in Hatiesburg, Mississippi and grew up singing gospel, before he moved to Chicago West Side when he was only a teenager In the middle of the nineties he was a musicians on the bands of Sam Carr, Frank Frost and John Weston Few things can be said about Bob Corritore good fans do not already know Only remind you he began to play harmonica when he was only thirteen years old, learning to play it directly from Walter Horton, Junior Wells and other great harmonica players His traditional playing have led him to share stage with the best ones, such as Jimmy Rogers, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Pinetop Perkins, Sammy Lay, Koko Taylor or Bo Diddley and play harp in more than twenty five recordings We are facing to an unbeatable record that honestly reflects real Delta blues