Jan 2013 Jimmy Mayes “All My Best”
Artista / Grupo: Jimmy Mayes
Álbum: All My Best
Discográfica: Wolf
Año publicación: 2011
Fecha crítica: 1/2013
Valoración: VERY GOOD
Jimmy Mayes is one of those singers and drummers who often are unnoticed in the specialized encyclopedias, despite he has been playing for many years in all Chicago clubs The album is a compilation of some of his favorite blues he previously had already played or recorded The songs Mayes has chosen to be included in this record bring him different memories of some of his friends he had already played with in the past Seven are own compositions and six are credited to Jimmy Reed, Jimmy McCracklin Lowell Fulson, Melvin R London and Robert Johnson Also mention Jimmy Reed, Little Walter, Sammy Lay, Pinetop Perkins and Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith are some of the many great names Jimmy has shared stage or recorded with, as singer, drummer or both things together All My Best is an album of pure classic Chicago blues, played with powerful intensity and deep feeling, in short words, a good album with all the ingredients that a good record must include, from the real traditional shuffles to the most characteristic slows