All Artists: Paul Lamb, King Snakes Title: Harmonica Man Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Castle Release Date: 5/26/2003 Album Type: Import Genre: Blues Styles: Electric Blues, Modern Blues Number of Discs: 2 SwapaCD Credits: 2 |
Paul Lamb, King Snakes Harmonica Man Genre: Blues
Award-winning, festival-headlining Paul Lamb is the most popular harmonica-player in Europe. Compiled with assistance from Paul, this is his first-ever compilation, 37 tracks drawn from his nine LPs, recorded between 1986-... more » | |
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Album Description Award-winning, festival-headlining Paul Lamb is the most popular harmonica-player in Europe. Compiled with assistance from Paul, this is his first-ever compilation, 37 tracks drawn from his nine LPs, recorded between 1986-2002. Includes fold-out sleeve with extensive liner notes, many photos & memorabilia. Castle Music. 2003. |
CD ReviewsGreat European Blues lordrumma | Brooklyn, NY | 03/10/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "From the CD liner notes: "When he was younger. That would be in Blyth, Northumberland, ten miles up the coast from the Tyne, not far to take the coals to Newcastle and as good a place as any to learn about The Blues. Turns out Paul's grandad, a merchant seaman, played the harmonica, regaling the family with waltzes and polkas, and his father and his aunts could play the piano in an untutored way. So you could say music was sort of laying in wait for him. The defining moment came when he heard John Mayall's 1967 solo album, The Blues Alone, and also Crusade, where John championed some of his Blues heroes. Paul checked out the composer credits and set out on his own exploration of the music.He encountered the burning bush one day in a junk shop, where he turned up a copy of Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry Sing. Paul recalls: 'When I heard it, I was hooked. I had to play that record all the time, just playing it over and over. I just lived Sonny Terry, lived and breathed him, and that was it.'"This double album delivers some great harmonica blues, and rock and roll from Instrumentalist of the Year (1990) and UK Harp Player of the Year (1991), Paul Lamb."
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