Time: 48:22
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998
Styles: Texas Blues
Art: Full
01. Going Down To New Orleans (5:37)
02. I'm Ready (5:09)
03. Right Or Wrong (4:24)
04. Tribute To Albert (3:39)
05. Got To Find My Baby (3:32)
06. One Night (4:07)
07. Toughen Up (3:34)
08. Midnight Sun (4:17)
09. Annie Had A Baby (5:15)
10. Living It Up (4:05)
11. Morgan City Fools (4:38)
From the beer halls of South Texas comes guitarist Chris Holzhaus, former sideman for Delbert McClinton, with the excellent Welcome To Bluzhill, Texas (Bluzhill Worldwide). You'll have to look pretty darned hard to find a better independent release out right now; this is one of those albums which you like better the more you listen to it. Holzhaus reminds me both vocally and stylistically of John Mooney, but with a jazzier tinge. He mixes funky Louisiana tunes, like the original "Going Down To New Orleans" and a slow swampy version of "One Night," with straight blues such as Willie Dixon's "I'm Ready" and his own "Tribute to Albert." I'm ready to hear more from Chris Holzhaus.
Thanks to Marc.
Welcome To Bluzhill, Texas