This is another funky Blues album with a lot of Soul to it. The opening Do The Sissy is pretty incredible, especially the beginning bass line. Let’s Get It Together…
Is there a better album cover than this? There’s a picture of Preston Love with his sax in one hand and a wrack of ribs on a skewer in the other with a bib and hat…
I bought this record years ago off of Cool Chris from the Groove Merchant when KALX use to have record swaps. I got the LP for the title track, which is probably one…
Mel Brown is by far my favorite Blues/Funk player. I’d Rather Suck My Thumb is more Blues based than his other Impulse releases from this time period. Brown…
Little Sonny was a blues player signed to the Stax subsidiary Enterprise. On this album, he was backed by the Bar-Kays and their influence appears on quite a few of…
Earl Hooker was one of the many great Blues men that was born in the South and migrated to Chicago. While most of the album is straight Blues, he opens with two really…
Wayne Talbert was a white Blues player originally from Texas. Lord Have Mercy On My Funky Soul appears to be his second album on the Pulsar label. He opens up with…
After a nonchalant beginning Albert King finally hits his stride on Lovejoy with the steady grooving Blues number For The Love Of A Woman and Going Back To Iuka. The…
Albert Collins was a Blues guitarist who released a couple funky albums on Imperial. Soul Food is a good introduction to his sound with Collins listing dishes like…
In My Own Dreams shows the Butterfield Blues Band’s progression from straight Blues covers to a more commercial Blues-Rock sound that was popular at the time.…
