Here's To Romance - Buddy Clark

Advantages: Makes you realise just how cool Blues can be
Disadvantages: The sound quality though not bad might put some people used to 'polish' off

...hardly get a record deal. Blues was out of favour and so he accepted the offer, and Live At The Checkerboard Lounge was the result. The club, incidentally, Buddy Guy himself owned. What's fascinating about Live At The Checkerboard Lounge is that unlike a lot of Blues albums where standards are wheeled out (not that I'm saying that this is a bad thing) most of the songs are Buddy's own compositions. And they're really raw blues, both traditional and modern yet never watered down as some can be. Perhaps this is because Guy's so on form. His vocals are impassioned and his guitar work exceptional. You feel here is Guy given the opportunity to let loose and bring his and Blues reputation back into favour. Whether he did or not, well, I'm inclined towards doubt but he does himself and the genre more than proud. We open with Buddy... Read review

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...summary of the man himself. I got into Dave Clarke by listening to one of his remixes. My brother bought one of Dave Clarke's remixes of Depeche Mode, I think the single was "I Feel Love". When I heard it, I didn't know what to think; he had taken the record and given it the biggest bassline ever; this was like nothing I had ever heard before and I was totally blown away. My curiousity about him grew as my brother told me of his legendary sets at Shine in Belfast and to hear this myself I bought one of his mix CD's "The World Service". And yet again I was blown away; it was amazing and this opened my eyes to a whole new genre of music I had never explored before. So here is his album "The Devil's Advocate", released in 2003 and still one of my favourite albums to date. "Way of Life" kicks the album off; the big authrotive beat from the word... Read review

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Advantages: For any Buddy Holly Fan
Disadvantages: None unless you do not like Buddy Holly

...or travelling in your car, or when you are on the bus going to work etc, though be careful as do to the content you will end up singing out loud to everyone around you. This collection of songs is everything everybody remembers of Buddy Holly, Classics like Oh Boy, Peggy Sue, Rave On , Not Fade Away etc you can almost imagine how much heart this artist put into these songs because the tone words just go hand in hand with each other. Buddy Holly will always be heard and played world wide due to the effect his music has on us. This is a must for any devoted or new Buddy Holly fan of any age. Also this is excellent summer time tunes if your young and do not know who Buddy Holly is just ask mum and dad for their record you will be hooked. Here is the complete playlist for all:- 1. Peggy Sue 2. That'll Be The Day 3. Listen To Me 4... Read review

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