Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials - Heads Up
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Artist: Lil' Ed & the Blues ImperialsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-07-09
Music Label: Alligator Records
Soundtracks:
- Woman In The Castle
- Never Miss Your Water
- Natural Man
- The Creeper
- My Mind Is Gone
- Four Leaf Clover
- Lil' Ed's Home Cookin'
- Black Night
- Empty House Tour
- Computer Girl
- Ed Heads' Boogie
- I Still Love You
- I Love My Baby
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Free Music Review: Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials perform real deal blues
Hit: 5 Stars
Lil' Ed Williams & The Blues Imperials have been called "the world's #1 houserockin` band". Mentored by his blues legend uncle, J. B. Hutto, and continuing the tradition of Hound Dog Taylor, Lil' Ed formed The Blues Imperials in 1975. Ten years later they signed with Alligator Records. Their latest release Heads Up was recorded live in the studio and has been described as "containing the most ferocious and deepest music of the band's career". Five foot one Lil' Ed plays music that is full of animation and joy. He combines barking vocals with romping guitar. Drummer Kelly Littleton pushes the beat with masterful shuffles and playfully complements Ed's musical style. The remaining Blues Imperials include Mike Garrett (guitar) and Pookie Young (bass).
Ed has been gifted with shrewd stage antics, which can conceal his musical talent. Thus, Williams is one of the most under-rated guitarists on the blues scene. His vocals are entertaining enough, as are his light-hearted lyrics, but it is his thriving guitar that you'll remember the most. It rattles and fractures your bones for 55 brazen minutes. The road-racing My Mind Is Gone and the titillating Lil' Ed's Home Cookin' are wonderfully wild and crazy. Empty House Tour has the swing of the West Coast. Four Leaf Clover and I Love My Baby were influenced by Albert King and Freddie King respectively. The entire album is not completely comprised of snarling guitar. Ed is equally competent when he tones things down as on I Still Love. It and Black Night (the CD's sole cover song) are simply brilliant slow blues burners.
Ed and his majesties look like a bunch of 1950s rockabilly rock `n' rollers but they blaze a blues firestorm and create an instant party. This is not boring blues nor is it commercial/pop blues. Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials perform real deal blues. It is raw, heavy, and raucous - featuring wicked slide guitar. Their energetic music rocks like a bed in a brothel while the slide guitar barrels over you like a mighty machine. Sure, there is a formulaic pattern to these songs, but there is nothing wrong with placing a sure bet. Some may find him unmanageable, but there is a genuine musician behind this book's cover. Perhaps more than any other artist on Alligator's active roster, Williams embodies the very reason Bruce Iglauer created his respected record label. Lil' Ed is all about having fun. On Heads Up! he is having a blast and it's a ball. Long live the Ed Heads.
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When it comes time to rock the house with uninhibited blues power, Chicago slide guitar sensation Lil' Ed Williams and his boisterous band, the Blues Imperials, have few equals. Lil' Ed's unrelentingly energetic approach, modeled in great part on that of his uncle, the late J.B. Hutto, makes the songs secondary to the insistent rhythm and propulsive power of the music. And the power, fueled by Lil' Ed's slashing slide guitar, is considerable as the band races through a solid set of extroverted blues party music in the style of another great houserocker, Hound Dog Taylor. A trio of tracks, including the fast-paced "My Mind Is Gone," feature the group's three-guitar touring lineup, but Lil' Ed, ably assisted by longtime fretmate Mike Garrett, showers more than enough guitar sparks elsewhere to keep the music burning brightly. Lil' Ed's sizzling slide work remains the group's calling card, but it is the complex interplay of the tightly knit band, anchored by Williams's bassist brother James "Pookie" Young, underneath his solos that makes it all work. Together, they fashion a raw and focused electrifying sound that has attracted legions of fans to their live shows, a fact musically acknowledged via the brief but celebratory "Ed Heads' Boogie" tribute. --Michael PointBlues Music CDs
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