Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:14
Size: 172.2 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2001
Art: Front
[ 3:22] 1. The Stumble
[ 5:24] 2. Oh Pretty Woman
[ 5:29] 3. Things I Used To Do
[ 6:21] 4. Baby Please Don't Go
[ 6:01] 5. Madame George
[ 6:38] 6. Walk On Water
[ 4:59] 7. Three O'clock Blues
[ 5:12] 8. Hold That Plane
[10:54] 9. Whiskey In The Jar
[ 5:07] 10. The Rocker
[ 5:12] 11. Just To Get By
[ 4:58] 12. Two Ships
[ 5:30] 13. Gloria
Thin Lizzy's forgotten guitar hero returns in a bare-bones blues trio format, taped before an appreciative crowd. Curiously, the venue isn't listed, although the album's Swedish-only release in 1996 most likely points there. Angel Air's reissue sweetens the pot with three tracks not on the original release. Straight-ahead blues is the game here. The gig opens with a rampage through "The Stumble," whose 1966 recording featured Eric Clapton on guitar. Bell's style is scrappier, but no less spirited, as he demonstrates on brisk strides through standards like "Baby Please Don't Go," "Oh Pretty Woman," and "Things I Used to Do." Being an Irishman also enables Bell to explore his own roots, as evidenced by a show-stopping slow burn through Van Morrison's epic ballad, "Madame George." Naturally, Bell revisits his Thin Lizzy days with a fiery demolition of the late Phil Lynott's swaggering macho anthem "The Rocker." Bell makes room for Lizzy's rearrangement of the traditional "Whiskey in the Jar" -- a song so radical it didn't include a bass part, yet still graced the U.K. Top Ten in 1973, and soars just as highly here. The real surprise is why Bell includes just three originals, including the lovelorn lament of "Two Ships" and "Just to Get By," a world-weary tally of life's ups and downs. That neither track made the original cut is amazing. But that's a minor point, especially since the music here is so crisp. Bell's guitar is succinct and to the point, while bassist Tony Wooton and drummer Romek Parol lend appropriately unobtrusive support. (The Bell-written anecdotes, "Just a Belfast Boy," are also delightful.) Pure blues fans and Lizzy devotees should find plenty to satisfy them here. ~Ralph Heibutzki
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Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:55
Size: 93.7 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front
[3:30] 1. You're My Only Woman
[7:51] 2. Hoochie Coochie Man
[3:21] 3. Dallas
[2:25] 4. On The Road Blues
[4:41] 5. Lonely Nights In London
[5:39] 6. Me And Technology
[3:25] 7. Nitrous Oxide
[2:32] 8. Belfast Blues (For Rhona)
[4:39] 9. Shake Your Money Maker
[2:46] 10. Taimse Im Chodladh
Ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell is inextricably linked with that storied band, and while his contribution to the group's iconic Decca years is unimpeachable, it's important to remember that he has rocked out on his own for nearly 30 years, with the occasional hiatus. Lonely Nights in London is Bell's first studio album in 12 years, but it's unmistakable all the same. Plying a blisteringly thick slab of pure commercial blues, it's obvious that Bell still has his fingers on the pulse of the what makes the genre breathe. With blistering riffs and lyrics that bring the Bayou blues straight into the heart of Ireland, there are few missteps across these ten tracks. The opening "You're My Only Woman" is a scene-setter and he brings his own spin to Muddy Waters' classic "Hoochie Coochie Man," without pause. The rest of the songs are a division between Bell's own songs ("On the Road Blues," "Nitrous Oxide," and the stunning "Belfast Blues") and meaty covers (Johnny Winter's "Dallas" and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band's "Shake Your Money Maker") before playing listeners out with the traditional "Taimse Im Chodladh." It's a reminder of and a tribute to his roots, both. ~Dave Thompson
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