Jul 2010 Elmore James Jr And The Broomdusters “Baby Please Set A Date”
Artista / Grupo: Elmore James Jr And The Broomdusters
Álbum: Baby Please Set A Date
Discográfica: Wolf
Año publicación: 2010
Fecha crítica: 7/2010
Valoración: GREAT
Like his father did, Elmore James Jr gathers all his father’s legacy, in this cd recorded for Austrian label Wolf Records Little by little and step by step, Elmore James Jr drives us deeper into the long and windy roads of fifties Chicago south side blues with the cool flavour and XXIst century means of production The final result is a warm, effective, hypnotical captivating blues album, with the outstanding Jr’s voice and slide guitar and Ed Williams’ alto and tenor sax who, fifty years later, replaces JT Brown (in fact Ed has been member of Vance Kelly’s band) The other musicians involved into this fantastic and attactive project are Otis Green on keyboards, Jake Dawson on guitar (outstanding member in the band of the sadly disappeared bass player Willie Kent), Carl Norington on bass and Jim Disparito on drums Thirteen songs that will overcome you with emotion by Elmore James Jr’s insistend sticky slide, that continuously refreshes our memories with the sound and incisive riffs directly learned of his father ones The best and more traditional Chicago blues band comes with Elmore James Jr And The Broomdusters So, go and buy immediately a copy