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Memphis Barbecue
Big Jack Johnson, Kim Wilson
Memphis Barbecue
Genres: Blues, Pop
 
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This laid-back, mostly acoustic session has the vibe of friends gathered on the front porch of a shotgun shack during a hot Delta night. But the playing couldn't get much more deep and fine, especially when guitarist-singe...  more »

     
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All Artists: Big Jack Johnson, Kim Wilson
Title: Memphis Barbecue
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: M.C. Records
Release Date: 2/19/2002
Genres: Blues, Pop
Styles: Traditional Blues, Acoustic Blues, Modern Blues
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 607735004527, 803680656907

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This laid-back, mostly acoustic session has the vibe of friends gathered on the front porch of a shotgun shack during a hot Delta night. But the playing couldn't get much more deep and fine, especially when guitarist-singer Big Jack Johnson settles into the sweet, sad melody of his Howlin' Wolf-inspired "Humming Blues" with Kim Wilson at his side, conjuring the ghost of Sonny Boy Williamson with his harmonica. Octogenarian Pinetop Perkins adds dirty pearls of roadhouse piano to that number and "Lonesome Road." And Wilson picks up a guitar and sings along on "I'm Going Out Walking"--the first recorded hint of Wilson's considerable six-string abilities. But the disc's brightest moments are Johnson's, as he transforms John Lee Hooker's "Bluebird" into a T-Bone Walker-style workout, puts Muddy Waters licks behind "I'm Going Out Walking," and breaks up his heavy-handed strumming with hummingbird-speed fills, hammer-ons, and other guitar tricks. It's more proof that Johnson--either live on any of the hundreds of dates he plays each year or in the studio--is one of the reigning masters of contemporary Mississippi blues. --Ted Drozdowski
 

CD Reviews

Good but not Classic
pl500 | USA- Love it or leave it | 03/10/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Big Jack Johnson has made other records but this is his first without his band the Oilers. Kim Wilson was called into help produce an acoustic record with Jack Johnson and the result is this fine record. The set is a mixture of original tunes (Humming Blues,Lonesome Road),and some covers (Dust my Broom, My Babe)are done over well by Kim and Jack. I think though that it could have been done better, on some tracks Jack seems tired and almost unable to phrase vocally. Kim's in top notch shape though, but at times it seems that some of the magic slips away, he plays impeccably though and he is still probably the best old school blues harp player playing today. This record proves it(as do his other records). I like this album alot but I still think they could have done better. You should buy this record though, the performances are solid and its all from the heart. Thats all we ask for really isn't it?"