Memphis Days Vol.1 (Definitive Edition) - Howlin' Wolf

Advantages: guitar
Disadvantages: none

...This is a good and cheap selection of some of the greatest blues musicians ever. The collection opens predictably with a muddy waters track (rollin’ stone) although probably not his best and then there appears the great elmore james performance on slide guitar in ‘dust my broom’ – a fantastically modern style of blues for the time. The j l hooker song is not ‘boom, boom’ thank god and the howlin’ wolf track ‘smokestack lightning’ features as track 9, this is a great song and I think once a budweiser advert song. There is a beautifully rough recording of memphis slim’s ‘guess I’m a fool’ towards the end which is for me the pick of the tracks. This is a solid album, nothing too new, but touches all the bases and is successful.... Read review

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...My taste in music is Catholic. In hat my taste in music is wide and varied. Which is why you will find me writing reviews on a wide range of musical styles and genres. One of my passions is the Blues. This review is a review of Comin' Home to the Blues, volume II. This really is a classic CD if its type. It sounds like a Whose Who in Blues Hall of Fame. There are tracks my Howlin' Wolf, Bo Didley, sonny Boy Williamson, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Elmore James. Little Walter, Otis Rush, Etta James (who has one of the sexiest female voices ever. In any musical genre!) Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Rogers, Koko Taylor (who has the other sexiest female voices ever. In any musical genre!) Washboard Sam and Lowell Fulson. The CD begins with Howlin' Wolf's Red Rooster. This is laid back blues, filled with everything that the blues... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent 60's progressive rock.
Disadvantages: not enough of it.

...at a characterture of Holly Wood and the female acting profession. ALABAMA SONG (Whiskey Bar) 3:15 German opera - 1 for the pub-crawl or booze cruise. Manzareks organ would not sound out of place in a fair ground show. LIGHT MY FIRE 6:30 Basic rock and roll their most famous single. Covered by several respectable artists, rather long for a single. Krieger's guitar solo sounds rather dated these days but innovative at the time couples nicely with Morrison lyrics. BACK DOOR MAN 3:30 Chicago Blues originally a hit for Howlin' Wolf. Manzarek's organ and Krieger's guitar duet together. Morrisons inane lyrics sit on top. I LOOKED AT YOU 2:18 Light - hearted simplistic tune with repetitive lyrics - not the best of the Doors work. Carried mainly by Morrison's sound. END OF THE NIGHT 2:49 Dreamy sound from the West Coast twangy guitar solo from Krieger... Read review

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