Rory Block - Lady & Mr Johnson
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Artist: Rory BlockEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-08-15
Music Label: Rykodisc
Soundtracks:
- Cross Road Blues
- Preaching Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)
- Milkcow's Blues
- Walkin' Blues
- 32-20 Blues
- Ramblin' On My Mind
- Terraplane Blues
- Me And The Devil Blues
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down
- Come In My Kitchen
- Hellhound On My Trail
- If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
- Kind Hearted Woman Blues
Free Music Notes for Lady & Mr Johnson
Free Music Review: Rory's Best--(so far)
Hit: 5 Stars
Unless you've been living on another planet you've heard of Robert Johnson and heard these songs. They've been covered more times by more people than anyone can count-but never like this! Rory Block herself has even recorded them in the past-but never like this!
I have been a Rory Block fan for a long time and she has long been known as one of the best traditional blues artists around. Her passion and reverence for this music is unmatched and all that passion and reverence come pouring out of this album in a flood. Her singing is straight from the heart and gut and her always superb guitar work is some of the best blues playing I've heard. It just has that Robert Johnson feeling.
The most telling words come from Robert Johnson's grandsons themselves, who gave their full support to this project. "Rory Block should have a Doctorate in my grandfather's music"-Steven Johnson. "When I hear Rory Block's music, it's as if my grandfather is here all over again"-Greg Johnson.
No one else alive has done these songs better; this is the best traditional blues album I've heard in years!
Lady & Mr Johnson Poster
The spirit of Robert Johnson and the Delta Blues tradition come to life on Rory Block's Rykodisc debut, The Lady and Mr. Johnson. The album, comprised entirely of Robert Johnson's music, may be the most compelling and important release in the blues-woman's 40-year career. An expert slide guitarist and a masterful singer, Block's unmatched understanding of the complexity and of Johnson's music has gained her the resounding support and encouragement of the Johnson family. The album features 13 of Johnson's classics stripped down to the very essence of vocals and acoustic guitar.Recording for forty years now, Rory Block has devoted the entirety of her newest album to the songs of Robert Johnson. This is no mere dalliance or bandwagon jumping for her, as this music has informed her own musical path from the outset, starting with her love of his records when she was just a child. Her subsequent studies of Rev. Gary Davis, Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt and others put her in good stead for understanding the dynamics of one guitar and voice. Like some of those blues masters, Block uses the subtle complexities of fingerpicking combined with occasional slide work to create a whole that has the range of a small combo. What's amazing in hearing these thirteen songs is how fully they became part of the blues lexicon -- not just the individual songs, but their entire bearing. --David Greenberger
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