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Big Jack Johnson & Kim Wilson - Memphis Barbecue Sessions Audio CD

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Big Jack Johnson & Kim Wilson Band: Big Jack Johnson & Kim Wilson
Title: Memphis Barbecue Sessions
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Release Date: 2002-02-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Oh Baby 2: Humming Blues 3: Don't Care Nothing 4: Smokestack Lighting 5: I'm Going Out Walking 6: My Babe 7: Blue Bird 8: Lonesome Road - Big Jack Johnson, Pinetop Perkins, Kim Wilson 9: Get Along Little Cindy 10: Humming Bird - Big Jack Johnson, Pinetop Perkins, Kim Wilson 11: Big Boss Man 12: Things I Used to Do 13: Dust My Broom

I'm Just Thankful!
. . that there is still blues like this being recorded. I bought this one because of Big Jack. I've heard of Kim Wilson, but I don't own anything he has recorded except for this. Big Jack's laid back style conflicts a bit with Wilson's intensity, but overall it's a great blues album. The second piece, Humming Blues, with Big Jack, Kim Wilson and Pinetop Perkins is a real treat.


Finger Lickin' Good
I had never heard of Big Jack Johnson. I only bought this album because of Kim Wilson. He is one of the best bad guitar players I've ever heard. This album is rough-hewn blues in the raw, and once you hear it you won't be able to turn it off. The dynamics are moderate, and Big Jack will tickle your ears from start to stop.


Good but not Classic
Kim Wilson was called into help produce an acoustic record with Jack Johnson and the result is this fine record. Big Jack Johnson has made other records but this is his first without his band the Oilers. The set is a mixture of original tunes (Humming Blues,Lonesome Road),and some covers (Dust my Broom, My Babe)are done over well by Kim and Jack.

I think though that it could have been done better, on some tracks Jack seems tired and almost unable to phrase vocally. Kim's in top notch shape though, but at times it seems that some of the magic slips away, he plays impeccably though and he is still probably the best old school blues harp player playing today. This record proves it(as do his other records).

I like this album alot but I still think they could have done better. You should buy this record though, the performances are solid and its all from the heart. Thats all we ask for really isn't it?.


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