John Hammond Jr. - John Hammond (2011)





_{Time: 69:27
Label: Rounder
Styles: Contemporary acoustic/electric blues
Year: 2011}


Tracks:

[3:03] 1. My Babe
[4:36] 2. Standing Around Crying
[2:37] 3. Riding In The Moonlight
[3:14] 4. Big 45
[2:24] 5. Seventh Sun
[4:32] 6. Red Hot Kisses
[3:48] 7. Help Me
[2:39] 8. It Hurts Me Too
[2:12] 9. Give Me A 32-20
[2:49] 10. You'll Miss Me
[2:46] 11. Mr. Luck
[2:16] 12. Hot Tamales
[3:35] 13. You Don't Love Me
[2:28] 14. Step It Up And Go
[2:13] 15. Fattening Frogs For Snakes
[3:06] 16. Gypsy Woman
[2:47] 17. My Baby Left Me
[4:09] 18. Louisiana Blues
[3:15] 19. Mellow Down Easy
[2:51] 20. Your Funeral And My Trial
[3:24] 21. Mellow Peaches
[4:34] 22. Gone So Long

A collection of songs from his 3 previous Rounder albums.

With a career that spans over three decades, John Hammond is one of handful of white blues musicians who was on the scene at the beginning of the first blues renaissance of the mid-'60s. That revival, brought on by renewed interest in folk music around the U.S., brought about career boosts for many of the great classic blues players, including Mississippi John Hurt, Rev. Gary Davis, and Skip James. Some critics have described Hammond as a white Robert Johnson, and Hammond does justice to classic blues by combining powerful guitar and harmonica playing with expressive vocals and a dignified stage presence. Within the first decade of his career as a performer, Hammond began crafting a niche for himself that is completely his own: the solo guitar man, harmonica slung in a rack around his neck, reinterpreting classic blues songs from the 1930s, '40s, and '50s. Yet, as several of his mid-'90s recordings for the Pointblank label demonstrate, he's also a capable bandleader who plays wonderful electric guitar.
_{Quelle:Richard Skelly- http://www.allmusic.com/artist/john-hammond-jr-p358}


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