Time: 59:24
Size: 136.0 MB
Styles: Electric/acoustic blues
Year: 2004
Art: Front
[4:37] 1. T-Bone Shuffle
[2:59] 2. 300 Pounds Of Joy
[2:52] 3. Caldonia
[3:41] 4. Get To You
[5:15] 5. Riding With The King
[3:02] 6. In The Valley
[7:02] 7. The Thrill Is Gone
[4:08] 8. All The Time In The World
[4:22] 9. When The Sun Goes Down
[3:32] 10. You Upset Me
[3:45] 11. You Better Move On
[3:00] 12. Walking Blues
[4:52] 13. Big Headed Woman
[6:09] 14. Love In Vain
Listening to this set from this Austrian five piece does indeed make it a good day for the blues. Ranging from acoustic based pieces with a bedrock of Jörg Freissnegg’s guitar and Arthur ‘Hotlips’ Ottowitz on harmonica (he also plays accordion here) behind the excellent vocalist Dieter Themel on up to the likes of such strutting rock tracks as John Hiatt’s ‘Riding With The King’ or ’All The Time In The World’) reminiscent of British blues-rock outfit Free around 1970 with the rhythm section of bassist Helmut Spreitzer and drummer Mario Kofler really kicking, this contains plenty of blues that fall in between these two extremes – things like ‘The Thrill Is Gone’, ‘300 Pounds of Joy’, ‘You Upset Me Baby’, ‘Love In Vain’ and ‘Walking Blues’. There are a few very listenable originals, Louis Jordan’s ‘Caldonia’ is taken too fast for my taste (but then I’ve always considered BB King to take it too fast), and Arthur Alexander’s ‘You Better Move On’ is a wonderful surprise, recalling the Drifters pop-R&B of the early sixties. A very fine set all round, in fact. ~unknown
A Good Day For The Blues