Lou Ann Barton Sugar Coated Love Genres:Blues, Pop, Rock Lou Ann has long been a leading exponent of the Texas blues genre. These tracks, recorded over 20 years ago, capture herunique style & all 17 are on CD for the first time. A young Stevie Ray Vaughan appears on the last... more » nine listed. 1999 M.I.L. Multimedia release.« less
Lou Ann has long been a leading exponent of the Texas blues genre. These tracks, recorded over 20 years ago, capture herunique style & all 17 are on CD for the first time. A young Stevie Ray Vaughan appears on the last nine listed. 1999 M.I.L. Multimedia release.
"Although I'm an avid Blues listener I was not familiar with Lou Ann Barton. I picked up Sugar Coated Love on a lark. As a fan of SRV I was more curious to hear the early recordings of Stevie Ray which are cuts 8-17 on the disc. After my initial listen
I was very impressed with the quality of the songs and the raw power. Barton's energy and passion are evident throughout the album, while the band powers through Blues-Rock selections with extreme confidence. At times the band (Rockola) reminded
me of the early work of Cream with a young Eric Clapton,
IT'S THAT GOOD. The music dates back to 1977 and has a
very raw unpolished sound and edge to it, (Kenny G fans
need not apply) which is common to some of the early Possum releases. I was not, however, impressed with the sound quality on the disc which ranges from Fair to Poor, with some songs sounding like they were recorded Live with a Mattel cassette recorder placed at the edge of the bar. The sparse liner notes are limited to a single piece of paper listing the songs and 3 paragraphs about Lou Ann Barton and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Ironically, it does not even mention the members of the band shown on the back of the case. Still, SUGAR COATED LOVE is not about the anemic packaging but the power, energy, and passion offered on this album by Barton and the band. And, oh yes, don't forget Stevie Ray."
Some good early work by Lou Ann and Stevie
S. Kornfeld | Central Texas, USA | 10/25/2001
(4 out of 5 stars)
"When I got this for a birthday gift and saw Stevie Ray Vaughan mentioned on the cover and extensively in the brief liner notes I figured it was mainly to help with sales and that there would be some rough, early work from Stevie Ray. Well, Stevie does a fine job and is already in quite distinctive form, thought it would improve as his career blossomed. Lou Ann does a fine job, as well, and these two made some great tracks together here. The early tracks on this CD sound like they were recorded months or years earlier and yes, it is not a great recording but it is still good material. The tracks with Stevie are tighter and better recorded. A good deal for Stevie or Lou Ann fans (whatever happened to her?) but be warned the CD does not even list the authors of the songs or the other members of the band."
Lou Ann's Best. A Must have for blues lovers.
Greg G. Richardson | Jax, Fla | 09/27/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Lou Ann has the best female blues voice on the planet! These live performances with their imperfections and background noises only make the CD more enjoyable. You can almost smell the beer and smoke in the room.
Then Stevie Ray Vaughn steps in on lead guitar on the last several numbers and the thing Rocks.
Real down home Texas blues and SRV when he was just a kid...WOW!"
Sugar coated love
Robert Burnett | Goshen,New York | 09/26/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I had heard of this album while surfing a blues music page and bought it primarily because of SRV-in case you don't know- a young SRV plays on the last 8 or so tracks-just this alone is worth its weight in gold to any hardcore SRV fan,however i was pleasently surprised with miss Lou Ann ,yes it is a bit rough to those used to digital cd music but it has soul--you can envision the things to come from both of these artists ---it is not for those looking for a polished work,however it is a very good album in its own right and if you are a big SRV fan or like female blues singers or both,it is worth a listen"
Five stars for Lou Ann live.
. | Chicago, IL USA | 07/22/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I have yet to hear a recorded performance that comes close to her in person. July 21st, 2004 at the House of Blues Chicago, she tore it up with Jimmy Vaughan and his band. Hey Jimmy: Why won't you let Lou Ann talk on-mike? It was kinda strange for her to sing so many songs, only for -you- to do the "thank you" after each number. I could see her being quite gracious off-mike to the handful close enough to hear. Let her take charge of her part of the show, you'll all be better off."