Jimmy Adler - Absolutely Blues! Live at the Boneyard

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2005
Time:61:17 
Size:141,1 MB 
Label:Bonedog Records 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Stop Breakin' Down - 4:24
 2. T-Bone Jumps Again - 3:01
 3. Yellow Bee - 5:01
 4. B.B.'s Blues - 5:44
 5. Sweet Potato Sham - 4:20
 6. Voodoo Moon - 4:42
 7. Ride My Pony - 5:06
 8. How Much More Long - 4:43
 9. Baby Doll Blues - 6:03
10. You Lookin' Good - 4:09
11. Elmore's Blues - 5:01
12. Drivin' My Cadillac - 3:20
13. Kind Hearted Woman - 5:36

This superb recording by Jimmy Adler is one of the finest blues CDs I have heard in my many years of playing and teaching the blues. Jimmy is a versatile, supremely talented blues guitarist, songwriter, and singer from Pittsburgh. The blue-collar grit of the Steel City comes through in every track on this recording. Jimmy's guitar style features a composite of influences blended with a tremendous amount of originality. His interesting phrasing is well-defined, and his guitar tone is beautiful. There are not many people in this post-Wille Dixon era who can write a good blues song. Jimmy's originals, of which there are eight here, sound like they could have been written by a 1950s blues musician. They are fantastic compositions and many cuts above the norm.His singing too is original, highly expressive, and his strong, growling voice is at times reminiscent of Johnny Winter.Some of the cuts include Jimmy's very fine slide playing.You will hear on this CD expert renditions of many roots-blues styles including swamp blues, jump blues, Chicago blues, and so forth. It is obvious that Jimmy has immersed himself in all of these styles.The band is highly professional and they know how to play the blues. You can tell when a pro is playing the blues because all the parts fit comfortably with no forcing.This is a recording by a man who has obviously devoted many years to playing the blues. I don't think there's a better blues musician anywhere. If you are a fan of the blues, or want to hear how the blues should be played, I believe you'll be quite enthusiastic about this very fine recording (CD Baby).

Absolutely Blues! Live at the Boneyard