File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1984/1992
Styles: Blues
Time: 39:03
Size: 89,9 MB
Art: Full
Musicians:
Charlie Musselwhite - vocals, harp & guitar (3,6)
Clay Cotton - piano
Robben Ford - guitar
Steve Ehrmann - bass
Patrick Ford - drums
(3:09) 1. Hello Stranger
(5:17) 2. Seemed Like the Whole World Was Crying
(3:25) 3. Baby-O
(3:37) 4. Still a Stranger
(3:11) 5. Kid Man Blues
(2:45) 6. I'll Get a Break Someday
(4:04) 7. Stretching Out
(7:30) 8. Where Have All the Good Times Gone
(4:22) 9. Goin' Away Baby
(1:39) 10. Exodus
Patrick Ford, drummer and label owner of Blue Rock'It, is reunited again with Charlie Musselwhite and he brought along his brother Robben Ford on guitar, producing this return to form. Musselwhite is up to the task in all departments; singing, playing (great tone), and especially songwriting (the title tune and "Seemed Like the Whole World Was Crying," inspired by Muddy Waters' death), but it had been a while since Robben Ford had played low-down blues (touring with Joni Mitchell, putting in countless hours in L.A. studios), and it may have been wiser to give the guitar chair to Tim Kaihatsu, who by this time had seniority in terms of hours on the bandstand with Musselwhite, above any other Musselwhite alumnus. Pianist Clay Cotton is in fine form. This time out, the deviations (to be expected by now) include Don & Dewey's "Stretching Out," an impressive chromatic harp rendering of "Exodus," and Musselwhite's solo guitar outing, "Baby-O." Easily Musselwhite's best-engineered album yet! All this material was recorded 'live' in the studio with very little overdubbing and in some cases in one take. The attempt was to make a blues recording as raw, powerful and honest as possible.
Where Have All the Good Times Gone?