Buddy Guy, Junior Wells - Alone & Acoustic
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Artist: Buddy Guy, Junior WellsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 1991-11-06
Music Label: Alligator Records
Soundtracks:
- Give Me My Coat & Shoes
- Big Boat (Buddy & Junior's Thing)
- Sweet Black Girl
- Diggin' My Potatoes
- Don't Leave Me
- Rollin' & Tumblin'
- I'm In The Mood
- Hi-Heel Sneakers
- Wrong Doing Woman
- Cut You Loose
- Sally Mae
- Catfish Blues
- My Home's In The Delta
- Boogie Chillen
- Medley: Baby What You Want Me To Do/That's Allright
Free Music Notes for Alone & Acoustic
Free Music Review: What a Team!
Hit: 5 Stars
The magical synergy of Junior Wells and Buddy Guy was apparent in "Hoodoo Man Blues", recorded before Buddy Guy was well known. Junior Wells' subsequent solo works, while workmanlike, have never achieved the same pinnacle (e.g., Come On Into This House). With this joint effort, that synergy is back.
It is very interesting to see (hear) the pair together 30 years after that first work together. The undefinable synergy is still there - Is it the way Buddy sets up a background for Junior's vocals or harmonica? Or is it the way that Junior defers to Buddys guitar? However, with age, the two interact more sensitively and with a polish - No, a burnished patina - that makes this work a mellower version of their earlier work together. Both performers are secure in their careers and accomplishments and this results in a very special and mature interaction between them.
From the folk blues of Big Boat to the John Lee Hooker homage in Boogie Chillen, the pairing in "Alone and Acoustic" is seamless - You can almost see one person playing the guitar and harmonica while singing.
Caution: As the title suggests, this is not the Buddy Guy that Jimi Hendrix studied. For those of us who grew up with the Eric Clapton of John Mayall (also Cream, Blind Faith) Canned Heat, and Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac as our introduction to the blues (along with Hendrix's 'Red House') in the late 60's, this could be a disappointment. But to me the CD is not. It is a great pleasure, with the lack of other instruments a sort of relief. No, for those of us of that era, this is more like the 'Hot Tuna' record (remember records?) after lots of electric music from Jefferson Airplane, Led Zepplin, Cream, Iron Butterfly, etc... clean and unpretentious.
And in 'Big Boat' we hear something like one of my favorites from Hoodoo Man, Buddy's sharp "Ow!" during Junior's first harmonica solo in 'Early in the Morning'. And Buddy sings on this one, too! (Hoodoo Man is one of the classic blues albums - Do yourself a favor and get it if you don't have it!)
A wonderful CD to just listen to and enjoy.
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