miércoles, 21 de octubre de 2009

Hound Dog TAYLOR and the HouseRockers - Beware of the Dog 1976


Hound Dog TAYLOR and the HouseRockers - Beware of the Dog 1976
Label: Alligator
Recorded live a year before his death with his band the HouseRockers.

Blues

Hound Dog Taylor (1916-1975),the six fingered man (yes,just look at the picture,he really got six fingers on the left hand !) was a giant of the Chicago blues.His guitar playing and his singing mostly remind of Elmore James.Here he is recorded live with his Houserockers, Ted Harvey on drums and Brewer Phillips on bass,at the Northwestern University of Evanston,Ill,and at the Smiling Dog Saloon,Cleveland,in 1974.Great versions of Elmore James' classics,"dust my broom" and "the sun is shining",and awesome originals like "kitchen sink boogie","let's get funky" (remember Magic Sam ?) or "it's allright". Hound Dog is one of the very underrated great Chicago bluesman, with J.B.Hutto.Let's have a ball with him now.
By JEAN-MARIE JUIF.
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This album features the wild and rambunctious Hound Dog Taylor, who is most definitely the Ramones of the Blues. In other words, while his guitar playing is sloppy, his lyrics are sometimes unintelligible, and his music is monotonous, he is a lot of fun to listen to and keeps you tapping your feet. To those who are approaching the Blues from a technical guitar-playing angle, I do not recommend this album at all; you'd be much better off with Earl Hooker's "The Moon Is Rising". For those who like Punk Rock or maybe Heavy Metal, you'd probably be very pleased with this release. For aspiring slide players, this is a great pick. Though this music certainly doesn't have the lyrical content that a J.T. "Funny Papa" Smith or Blind Willie McTell disc might have, it's fun to "rock out" to this stuff.
I recommend buying this disc.
By Daniel B. Pepper.
**
Hound Dog Taylor- Lead & Slide Guitar, Vocals, Bass on Kitchen Sink Boogie
Brewer Phillips- Guitar, Lead Guitar on Kitchen Sink Boogie
Ted Harvey- Drums, Backing Vocals on Freddie's Blues
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01 GIVE ME BACK MY WIG (Taylor)  4.35
02 THE SUN IS SHINING (James)  4.31
03 KITCHEN SINK BOOGIE (Taylor, Phillips & Harvey)  4.16
04 DUST MY BROOM (Johnson)  3.16
05 COMIN' AROUND THE MOUNTAIN (Traditional)  3.55
06 LETS GET FUNKY (Taylor)  5.05
07 ROCK ME (Traditional)  4.01
08 IT'S ALRIGHT (Taylor)  4.02
09 FREDDIE'S BLUES (Taylor)   6.31
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