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Delbert Mcclinton - Room to Breathe Audio CD

A fair review of the Delbert Mcclinton "Room to Breathe" 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: Room to Breathe
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Release Date: 2002-09-24
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Same Kind Of Crazy 2: Smooth Talk 3: Jungle Room 4: Everything I Know About The Blues 5: Blues About You 6: Lone Star Blues 7: The Rub 8: Won't Be Me 9: Don't Want to Love You 10: Ain't Lost Nothin' 11: Money Honey 12: New York City

Delbert McClinton
I bought this one for a friend and he loves it just as much. I have had this CD for several years and it is one of my favorites. A mix of blues and country music. Serious and funny lyrics.


solid, professional and really good
It's not as good a project as One of the Fortunate Few, Never Been Rocked Enough or Nothing Personal. This is one of those records that is tough to rate on a scale of 1-5 stars. So you can't give it four or five stars, but it's better than three stars which seems to be an journeyman perfomance.

Perhaps the most valuable service Delbert provides to us (other than making some of the best music available) is showing how fine the line is between r&B and country. Unfortunately as a result he only gets played when he shows up on IMUS in the Morning.

Definately one to own-but make sure you have "Fortunate Few" and "Never Been Rocked Enough" too.


Triple Threat!

Dilbert writes these songs with a sharp insight into the
human condition. It's rare that you find a single CD with such force. . . 'witness what I said he done. ', and
'that woman's the same kind of crazy as me!'.
Clever arranging prevents any let down as tunes spin by,
then, as always, McClinton performance is peerless.
Challenge: Find a single number that doesn't work!
.


Great Album
Starkly simple, elegant, and the saddest love song I've ever heard. "Don't Want To Love You Anymore" is worth price of album. (This should have been the single!).


True Confessions
I made a mistake. I have to confess something. Delbert's new CD was released in September. While I always get each of his releases, I put this one on hold because of a professional review, ". . . on Room to Breathe . . . a sense of going through the paces permeates the project. Chord progressions are predictable. . . not much compositional substance is evident. " This guy must be hearing a different CD than the one I get; I'm sorry I waited 5 months!

Delbert McClinton's "Room to Breathe" is an excellent accomplishment. Delbert went through a creative period where he turned out a lot of songs and was ready to head back to record within a year after "Nothing Personal. " 4 tracks are instant classics. The opener "Same Kind of Crazy" bounces with a great punching rhythm section, "Ain't no doubt about it; she's the same kind of crazy as me. " "Everything I Know About the Blues" (I learned from you) is a slow burn that has "standard" written all over it with Todd Sharp's bluesy piano and Kevin McKendree doing some very classy strings on this track. If Etta James doesn't record this, I'm gonna lose a BIG bet. "Blues About You" is a great boogie woogie, "The hardest thing honey 'bout having' the blues, like I'm walkin' the floor in a dead man's shoes. " "Ain't Lost Nothin'" has that great Jimmy Reed kind of beat with Lynn Williams' drums propelling this burning rocking blues. The other tracks including "Don't Want to Love You" are also great. So my advice is to not try to compare this Delbert CD to his others because, quite frankly, he's consistently brilliant! So plunk down the spare change and get some room to breathe! Enjoy!.


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