James COTTON - Deep In The Blues 1996

James COTTON - Deep In The Blues 1996
Label: Verve/Polygram

Blues

Deep in the Blues is a fascinating *** jam session between James Cotton, guitarist Joe Louis Walker, and jazz bassist Charlie Haden. *** The trio runs through a number of classic blues songs written by Muddy Waters, Percy Mayfield, and Sonny Boy Williamson and a few originals by Walker and Cotton. The sound is intimate and raw, which is a welcome change from Cotton's usual overproduced records.
By Thom Owens.
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This is a sad work! The combination of the great harmonica performance of Cotton's deep blues style,with the jazzist style of the two other men,Haden on bass and Joe Louis on guitar,only could result on this really sad work! But this work must be understood as a conceptual downhome blues,and the sad sensation that seems to be at all the tracks reveals how hardly were that days of slavers and workers at cotton picks along the Mississipi River borders!This is an excelent way to feel that sentiments,only a giant like James Cotton could bring to us! Really a gem,a masterpiece of this old bluesman! Thank you James for this class of blues and it's roots!
By  Ricardo Neves Gonzalez.
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"Deep In The Blues" is an acoustic jam session between master harp-player James Cotton, guitarist Joe Louis Walker and Jazz bassist Charlie Haden, with pianist Dave Maxwell sitting in on a few tracks. Walker, Haden and Maxwell make a perfect supporting band to James Cotton's gruff vocals and spontaneous harp playing. The band performs James Cotton classics, and new material (mostly written by James Cotton and Joe Louis Walker), and covers a few songs by Big Maceo, Muddy Waters, Percy Mayfield and Sonny Boy Williamson.
Cotton's playing is breath-taking with emotion ; in addition to his own solos, he tastefully drops in a few notes at perfectly felt moments, during Walker and Haden's own parts. Haden brings a jazzy feel to the album, and appears alone with his upright bass on "Ozark Mountain Railroad". Walker also gets his moment of exposure, with his performance on National Steel Guitar in his own "Vineyard Blues".
Put this CD on, sit back, close your eyes, and be prepared for a few chills down your spine. "Deep In The Blues" is a Blues masterpiece, performed by experienced players, that have the ability to join their talents, in addition to their technical skills, to record with such a level of feeling.
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01 - Down At Your Buryin'    4.32
02 - All Walks Of Life    3.34
03 - You Got My Nose Open    4.17
04 - Dealing With The Devil    3.34
05 - Strange Things Happen    4.19
06 - Country Boy    3.20
07 - Vineyard Blues    3.29
08 - Worried Life Blues    3.29
09 - Two Trains Running    4.54
10 - Ozark Mountain Railroad    3.44
11 - Sad Letter Blues    4.13
12 - Play With Your Poodle    3.39
13 - Blues In My Sleep    6.09
14 - Everybody's Fishin'    3.18
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