John Mooney - Telephone King
Styles: Contemporary Blues, Old-Timey
Released: 1991
Label: Blind Pig
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 82,7 MB
Time: 36:08
Art: front + back
1. Wibble Whim She When She Walk - 4:17
2. What'cha Gonna Do? - 3:16
3. Telephone King - 3:51
4. Let Me Go - 2:59
5. Please Baby Please - 3:22
6. Oh Louise - 3:23
7. Rainin' Down on My Broken Hea - 3:51
8. Ain't Done Wrong - 3:11
9. Coal Stove Mama/Please Please - 4:01
10. Please Please Please - 3:36
All songs written by Mooney
Personnel:
Kenneth Blevins - Drums
Bob Cooper - Piano
Doug James - Sax (Baritone)
Nick Langan - Harp
Rich Lataille - Sax (Alto)
John Mooney - Guitar, Guitar (Steel), Vocals, Slide Guitar
Greg Piccolo - Sax (Tenor)
Roomful of Blues - Horn
Mark Wenner - Harp
Brian Williams - Bass Fiddle
Note: In the world of blues critics, guitarist, singer, and songwriter John Mooney has long been a favorite. That's because he takes all he learned from classic Delta bluesmen like Son House and others and modernizes their stylings while adding his own unique stamp to classic Delta blues tunes. Even his original songs, often autobiographical, are steeped in the classic blues tradition. Mooney divides his time between residences in Florida and New Orleans, and usually works with a simple guitar-bass-drums trio known as Bluesiana. His vocals are powerful and inspired, and his guitar playing is often loud and electric, but so steeped in the style of House and others classic Delta bluesman, that he transcends generations in the blues idiom.
Although he is widely know among blues fans as an electric guitarist, Mooney began his career as strictly an acoustic player. This CD is a reissue of some of his early work on a small label. All in all, not quite as dark as his later work. Some good music here, though, despite a piano that overpowers the guitar on some tracks.
Telephone King
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Posted by muddyOznake: John Mooney, Contemporary Blues, Old-Timey
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