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Delbert McClinton - Delbert McClinton Audio CD

A fair review of the Delbert McClinton "Delbert McClinton" 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 Delbert McClinton reviews here, or go back to the Delbert McClinton tabs.

Delbert McClinton Band: Delbert McClinton
Title: Delbert McClinton
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Release Date: 1993-08-03
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Sun Medley: Mystery Train/My Baby Left Me/That's All Right - Danny Gatton, Delbert McClinton 2: Tell Me About It - Delbert McClinton, Tanya Tucker 3: Weatherman 4: Mary Lou 5: Have a Little Faith in Me 6: Wanderer 7: Just You and Me 8: One More Last Chance 9: Lay Around and Love on You 10: He Will Break Your Heart

Overbearing guitar work?
Definitely not one of my favorites. This is not one of my favorite Delbert albums, although ironically it has his biggest single on it, "Tell Me About It" with Tanya Tucker. The only reason I am writing this is to counter balance the review about Danny Gatton's "overbearing" guitar work. My instinct is to insult the reviewer but that's pointless. Gatton was a genius with his style work and I would buy the album just to hear his playing on "The Sun Medley". Utterly brilliant. What a tragedy that he took his own life at such a young age. To the reviewer, we all have our own tastes. I am thankful I don't have yours.


Good Music ~~ It's Delbert ~~ Need I say More?
Have a Little Faith in Me is terrific. But, I will say more. Tell Me About It ~~ just goes to show you that Delbert can make anyone sound good.

Love this CD.


Disappointing By Delbert's Standards
The former is nothing more than a showcase for Danny Gatton's overbearing guitarwork. Delbert strays from what he does best (soulful, bluesy R&B and honkytonk), experimenting with rockabilly ("The Sun Medley") and jazz ("Just You and Me") with disappointing results. His country-blues duet with Tanya Tucker, "Tell Me About It", is more like what we're used to expecting from him. But then he turns in a lazy performance on "The Wanderer", a song where he really could have injected his usual enthusiasm which is sorely lacking on the entire CD. "Have a Little Faith In Me" & "One More Last Chance" are sub-par ballads, far less than we normally get from Delbert. Although he closes it out with a good cover of Jerry Butler's classic "He Will Break Your Heart", it's too little too late. One thing lacking from this collection is Delbert's own clever, often biting lyrics. Normally, the music feeds off of the attitude he puts into his songwriting. That attitude is basically nonexistent here.


took me back to 706 union ave. few can do that
b. You hear more about chuck and b. but any early rock&roll guiterist will tell you that scotty moore had to invent licks that no one had ever used before. In my books he was the first rock&roll guitar player. I've heard better guitarists but not on his early stuff until I heard Danny Gatton absolutely nail mystery train on this album. We all expect Delbert to use that razor blade and maple syrup voice to give us a new interpertation of E's work. The only way to cover a legend is to make it your own,(if you've got the pipes and the balls). But I don't think anyone expected Danny to remind us that this whole thing started because of the energy the Hillbilly cat& the blue moon boys brought to the game. I'm an old cat and I've found a brand new reason to believe that the music didn't die.

Christopher Dorman.


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