WOOD, RON
- CD
A TRIBUTE TO JIMMY REED
LABEL: |
Godfather Records GFR 980 |
SOURCE: |
The Cutting Room, New York 7 November 2013 1st show. |
FORMAT: |
1 cd |
RUNNING TIME: |
56.08 |
SOUND/SOURCE: |
Audience stereo |
PACKAGING: |
Trifold digipack |
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SOUND 9 / PACKAGING 10
/ PERFORMANCE 9.5
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TRACK LIST: |
1. Good
Lover, 2. Big Boss Man, 3. Bright Lights, Big City, 4. Ain t That Lovin You
Baby, 5. Baby, What You Want Me To Do, 6. Blue Carnegie, 7. I m Mr. Luck, 8. I
m The Man Down There, 9. Band Introduction, 10. High And Lonesome, 11. Going To
New York.
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REVIEW: |
This
release presents
a great recording from
Ron Wood & Mick Taylor of the first concert held in New
York s The Cutting Room on November 7th 2013, during
their visit to the USA
to promote their tribute to Jimmy Reed, one of the heroes of the British blue
revival of the early 60s. Actually he was the chief proposer of the urban blues
Stones sound and it is quite strange that Keith Richards did not find time to
show up for any of the dates his mates arranged not far from his Connecticut
residence.
This is a very good
recording, unfortunately one of the few that have been available of the whole 4
concerts, supposedly an official audio-video will come up sometime in the
future; certainly both guitars play familiar rhythm patters and Ron Wood
distinctive vocals and harmonica
Playing fit very well with the original Reed
compositions. Jimmy Reed songs are very easy to catch up and present most of
the time the same catchy and repetitive
melody,
with lyrics written by the man s wife Mama Reed. However they are a who s who
of electric blues, here played with the help of Simon Kirke on drums and Wilbur
Bascomb on bass and the special appearance of Al Kooper on organ. Particularly
impressive are songs where both guitarists play the slide offering great duels
on solos that show them to be in perfect shape even outside the Stones
structure like on the final song Going To New York. Mick Taylor s solos are not that many but tasty as
in Blue Carnegie while Ron Wood s rhythmic pattern seems to be his natural
habit.
Godfather
presents this recording in their usual trifold sleeve for this which seems to
have been the only silver release for this concert, just about time Jimmy Reed
s music received
a well deserved
tribute..
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