Old New Ballads Blues - Gary Moore

You're never quite sure what you are getting when you buy a Gary Moore album these days, although I guess there is a bit of a clue in the title with this one. There are very few sleeve notes to help out mind you, with six of the ten tracks credited to Gary, the others simply to James (Elmore?), Dixon (Willie?), Rush (not the band I don't think, more likely to be Otis) and Beech (no idea). More info would have been appreciated. Two of the tracks ...
...although the Otis Rush effort is confusingly one of them. It is perhaps a tribute to Moore that his own compositions sit right at home with those by the blues masters, his Midnight Blues arriving seamlessly after Done Somebody Wrong and You Know My Love by messrs James and Dixon respectively. Ain't Nobody is more funkified (but in a good way) while Gonna Rain Today is very slow. That would be a ballad then. Rush's All Your Love provides a great ...

nicks 19.04.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Old New Ballads Blues - Gary Moore

...as it sounds. 4 Old blues songs that Gary makes is own, 6 penned by Gary, including an instrumental and all 10 vary in tempo with some lovely slow blues. Gary and his trusty Gibson have done it again and this album leaves you feeling mellow / relaxed and exilerated at the same time! The only flaw is the fact that there are only 10 songs on the album. I personally look for between 12 and 16 songs so, for me, that was a bit of a let down. This is ...

Amrion 18.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Old New Ballads Blues - Gary Moore