CD Review
Various Artists
Bar Room Blues
(Telarc CD-83594)
by Tali Madden
Review date: March 2004
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Since it's beginning, the blues music soundscape has been amply stocked with
alcohol drinking related songs. On "Bar Room Blues" Telarc pays homage to
this dubious but prevalent pastime with a compilation of high proof tunes
from their roster of blues artists.
Tommy Castro kicks things off with a rousing "Rip This Joint", followed by
Tab Benoit's drunkenly infectious "I Got Loaded".
Booze-fueled blues persists with representation from Charlie Musselwhite,
the late Junior Wells, and Kenny Neal among others.
Guitarist Doug Wainoris pours out a fine version of Willie Dixon's "If The
Sea Was Whiskey" featuring the fine harp of Jerry Portnoy. Chicago drum
master Sam Lay gets to the point with "Pure Grain Alcohol" Fellow Chicagoan
Bob Margolin weighs in with "My New Baby Owns a Whiskey Store" accompanied
by Carey Bell and Pinetop Perkins, which isn't bad drinking company at all.
Pour yourself a double, sit back and chase the blues with "Bar Room Blues".
You'll only need a designated driver if you're not home.
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