Eddy "Chief" CLEARWATER - Blues Hang Out 1989

Eddy "Chief" CLEARWATER - Blues Hang Out 1989

Blues

Eddy Clearwater has had a tough time shaking his "Chuck Berry imitator" label, and he includes Berry-tinged numbers at the halfway point and end of this nice, if thoroughly derivative, urban blues set recorded in 1989 for Black and Blue and recently reissued by Evidence on CD, with the familiar country boogie shuffle and tinkling licks. Clearwater could not do a set without the signature "Lay My Guitar Down," and this rendition is surging and enjoyable although inferior to the definitive one. Otherwise, it is a pile-driving and urgently performed date; Clearwater and Will Crosby swap slashing lines, crackling phrases, and answering fills. Clearwater's session contains several robust, entertaining passages, even if there is absolutely nothing you have not heard before.
By Ron Wynn.
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Eddy Clearwater- (Vocals, Guitar);
Big Time Sarah- (Vocals);
Will Crosby- (gGuitar);
Herman Applewhite- (Bass),
Tim Austin- (Drums).
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01. Blues Hang Out 5:13
02. I Came Up The Heard Way 7:36
03. Set It Out 3:10
04. Stormy Monday Blues 7:52
05. Boogie Woogie Baby 2:58
06. Blues For Breakfast 5:08
07. Darling I Miss You So 3:01
08. Chicago Daily Blues 6:47
09. That's My Baby 3:43
10. You Upset Me Baby 4:26
11. I Don T Know Why 5:07
12. Hound Dog 2:42 $0.89
13. Somebody Please Help Me 7:59
14. Lay My Guitar Down 2:44
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Eddy "Chief" CLEARWATER - Cool Blues Walk 1998

Eddy "Chief" CLEARWATER - Cool Blues Walk 1998

Blues

Produced by Duke Robillard and utilizing his band as the backing unit, Cool Blues Walk is tightly focused from note one, making a marvelous framework for "The Chief" to do exactly what he does best. With the exception of the covers "Sen-Say-Shun," "Stranded," and "I Just Want to Make Love to You," Eddy Clearwater wrote every tune aboard in his usual wide range of styles from the rocking "Very Good Condition" to the country-ish "Nashville Road" to the shuffling "Boppin' at the Top of the Rock." Clearwater continues to surprise with a rare appearance playing piano and singing the decidedly non-blues-like ballad "I Love You" which also features Marilyn Mair and Mark Davis adding mandocello and mandola to this distinctive tune. Robillard shares solo space with Clearwater throughout the album, and their exchanges on the moody "Blues for a Living" is solid blues playing in two contrasting styles. Perhaps Clearwater's most focused album to date, this 1998 outing captures a '50s West Side bluesman still at the peak of his abilities.
By Cub Koda, All Music Guide.
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Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater- (Vocals, Guitar);
Duke Robillard- (Acoustic & Electric Guitars);
Jerry Portnoy- (Harmonica);
Doug James- (Bass Clarinet, Baritone Sax);
Dennis Taylor- (Tenor Sax);
Al Basile- (Cornet);
Tom West- (Piano, Hammond B-3 Organ);
John Packer- (Acoustic & Electric basses);
Marty Richards- (Drums, Maracas).
Mair Davis Duo:
Marilyn Mair- (Mandola, Mandolin);
Mark Davis- (Mando-Cello, Mandolin).
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01. Cool Blues Walk 5:38
02. Very Good Condition 3:18
03. Stranded 6:14
04. Bad Mamma Jamma 3:36
05. I Just Want to Make Love to You 4:04
06. Nashville Road 2:55
07. I Love You 4:26
08. Boppin' at the Top of the Rock 3:14
09. The Love I Have for You 5:10
10. Sen-Say-Shun 4:58
11. Blues for a Living 7:05
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