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John Hammond - Rough & Tough Audio CD

A fair review of the John Hammond "Rough & Tough" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all John Hammond reviews here, or go back to the John Hammond tabs.

John Hammond Band: John Hammond
Title: Rough & Tough
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Release Date: 2009-04-21
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: My Mind is Ramblin' 2: Still a Fool 3: Up the Line 4: My Time After Awhile 5: Got To Find My Baby 6: She's Tough 7: Chattanooga Choo Choo 8: Statesboro Blues 9: I Can Tell 10: Get Behind the Mule 11: No Place To Go 12: Slick Crown Vic 13: Come To Find Out 14: It Hurts Me Too 15: I Can't Be Satisfied

John Hammond truly knows how to play the blues!!!
John Hammond has become a Blues master,and it must be age that does it. This new album is without a doubt the best album by him that I own,and I own about 15 albums of his. If your looking for true delta style acoustic blues then this is a must own . White man can't sing the blues ,(thats a bunch of crap) once you here John Hammond sing, that old saying is quickly forgotten. And sing and play guitar/harp he does like the true Idols he always loved. Standout tracks "Get Behind The Mule","Still a Fool","No Place To Go". Great Album !.


Brilliant recording by a master of his craft
John Hammond's best (for my money) since the J. Make no mistake, this is a five star recording. J. Cale-produced "Got Love If You Want It' twenty years ago.

To hear this master - accompanied only by his guitar and harp - playing 15 of the best songs in his canon is, in a word, thrilling. Astonishingly, John's voice in his 60s seems undiminished. And for one who's been with him all the way since the first Vanguard LP, his second take on "Chattanooga Choo Choo" is icing on the cake.


Blues from a church or how to use your acoustic guitar as a percussion instrument
Hammond alone in a NYC church with just his weathered voice, acoustic guitars, bottleneck slide and harp for the SACD Chesky Records release Rough & Tough. Following up his excellent rockin' electric effort, Push Comes To Shove, 2009 finds Mr.

The location was picked for its acoustics and the liner notes make much of the purity of the recording process. This is a stellar sounding recording of acoustic blues standards with a Tom Waits tune and a couple of Hammond originals thrown in. There is not a bum track here but on the first couple of listens, I particularly like the Muddy Waters tunes Still A Fool and I Can't Be Satisfied plus Get Behind The Mule from Tom Waits and the original Slick Crown Vic. The opener, My Mind Is Ramblin', sounds like the wheels are coming off. This is a good thing.

John Hammond is a national treasure and Rough & Tough is a great addition to the blues cannon.


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