Time: 63:01
Size: 144.3 MB
Styles: Harmonica blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front
[3:47] 1. Temperature
[3:26] 2. Who'll Be the Next
[5:21] 3. D Boogie
[3:38] 4. Make a Move
[4:21] 5. Dream I Had Last Night
[2:50] 6. How It Looks Like
[5:58] 7. Last Night
[3:37] 8. Ain't Nothing New
[2:37] 9. Stay in the Middle
[5:44] 10. Don't You See
[4:07] 11. Hot Peppers
[5:18] 12. Evil Girl
[3:02] 13. Further On Up the Road
[4:31] 14. Mister B
[4:39] 15. You're Gonna Miss Me
Little JC is back! And that’s good news! Ten years after his last full album “Before the drive me crazy” comes his next CD.
JC is back, although he was never really gone. But since year 2000, he has played and performed mostly solo as One-Man-Band (Like Juke Boy Bonner or Dr. Ross, he played guitar, harmonica and a simple drum kit simultaneously) or with Louisiana Red, plus a few gigs with band. For the good JC met bassist Dani Gugolz, Austrian Guitar Ace Norbert Schneider and drummer Peter Müller in 2005. After a gig together, they were ready to jump on board with JC’s project to cut a live Album. It was obvious that the recording should take place in “la Spirale”, the small club in JC’s hometown Fribourg. Not only has “La Spirale” a long Blues tradition, but it’s also one of the most intimate and moody clubs around. Little JC, recorded live in his hometown, backed by a group of great musicians and with a selection of personal songs, sounds stronger than ever. There are just a few covers from the songbook of Little Walter, Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters among them. And like the own compositions, everything sounds very much in JC’s style and own interpretation.
Little JC’s Blues is honest and powerful. As an example listen to the furious sound he’s got in “Mister B” (Tell Mr. B to better look out and avoid being around JC…). You can feel the urge and the anger in JC’s playing. It is like JC’s talking through his harmonica about all he has gone through these last years, whether it was good, bad or even worse. It is really blues straight from the heart and the best thing about it is, it’s audible, when you listen to the album. The Little JC Blues Band 2006 and hopefully on, consists of some of Europe’s finest Blues musicians.
”Blues straight from the heart” is a work that had to be done. It’s a vivid expression and reflection of JC’s determination to play and sing. The whole album is drenched with convincing power. Technically seen, today we have a lot good musicians and records. But we get seldom a chance to really believe, what a musician sings or plays. JC is one of the few exceptions. It’s the personal approach from JC and the band members, which makes the whole thing real. And this album is a witness of JC’s comeback, a comeback that comes straight from the heart. ~Simon Johner
JC is back, although he was never really gone. But since year 2000, he has played and performed mostly solo as One-Man-Band (Like Juke Boy Bonner or Dr. Ross, he played guitar, harmonica and a simple drum kit simultaneously) or with Louisiana Red, plus a few gigs with band. For the good JC met bassist Dani Gugolz, Austrian Guitar Ace Norbert Schneider and drummer Peter Müller in 2005. After a gig together, they were ready to jump on board with JC’s project to cut a live Album. It was obvious that the recording should take place in “la Spirale”, the small club in JC’s hometown Fribourg. Not only has “La Spirale” a long Blues tradition, but it’s also one of the most intimate and moody clubs around. Little JC, recorded live in his hometown, backed by a group of great musicians and with a selection of personal songs, sounds stronger than ever. There are just a few covers from the songbook of Little Walter, Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters among them. And like the own compositions, everything sounds very much in JC’s style and own interpretation.
Little JC’s Blues is honest and powerful. As an example listen to the furious sound he’s got in “Mister B” (Tell Mr. B to better look out and avoid being around JC…). You can feel the urge and the anger in JC’s playing. It is like JC’s talking through his harmonica about all he has gone through these last years, whether it was good, bad or even worse. It is really blues straight from the heart and the best thing about it is, it’s audible, when you listen to the album. The Little JC Blues Band 2006 and hopefully on, consists of some of Europe’s finest Blues musicians.
”Blues straight from the heart” is a work that had to be done. It’s a vivid expression and reflection of JC’s determination to play and sing. The whole album is drenched with convincing power. Technically seen, today we have a lot good musicians and records. But we get seldom a chance to really believe, what a musician sings or plays. JC is one of the few exceptions. It’s the personal approach from JC and the band members, which makes the whole thing real. And this album is a witness of JC’s comeback, a comeback that comes straight from the heart. ~Simon Johner
Blues Straight From The Heart