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Amazon.comThis Louisiana-flavored debut from guitarist and vocalist Troy Turner is highly reminiscent of the work of another Louisiana-blues swamp rocker, Kenny Neal. And no wonder; the two are good friends who've toured together, and Turner has done a lot of axe time with other members of the Neal clan. Yet Turner's got his own style, too, and it's a strong, brash, energetic one, a contemporary blues synergy that brings in rock, funk, and a distinctive Louisiana taste to give a real kick in the pants to songs like "World Without Fear" and "Hide Away." Turner can lay back, too, as he does on "Going Back to Louisiana," a slower song that still moves, very much like a lazy southern river. Turner's also got the sort of rich voice that can handle deep ballads and up-tempo party songs with equal ease--and can go so far as to imitate John Lee Hooker on the album's closing number, the appropriately titled "Mojo Boogie." --Genevieve Williams
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At best this album is OK John Richards | 10/23/1999 (1 out of 5 stars) "This album has 1 good song (Going Back To Louisiana) the rest of the album is just a waste of time. The artist's problems stems from two things (1) he can't sing. (2) he foolishly tries to mix jazz and blues - it works for some artists but not for Troy Turner. Buy Live On by Kenny Wayne Shepherd instead." A Little Different From The Norm John Richards | UK | 04/03/2000 (3 out of 5 stars) "It took time but this album has grown on me. The jazzy element on certain tracks for me made this a little different and refreshing from the usual SRV clone blues that we seem to hear from certain quarters, maybe just a question of taste.Troy's voice does seem to be in a rather similar vain to Corey Stevens and Indigenious, in that its a little different and not (in Troys case) immediately appealing to the ear. Again time seems to heal this. The songs are all Ok but there is nothing really outstanding on the album or anything really bad. The guitar playing is fine throughout and for this reason I purchased the CD.In short a little different and this makes it a slightly better than average album but hope Troy continues on to make a second album if for nothing else the guitar work alone."
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