Jimi 'Prime Time' Smith - Give Me Wings

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1998
Time: 73:53
Size: 169,3 MB
Label: Atomic Theory
Styles: Blues/Modern Electric Blues
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Killer Joe -  5:55
 2. U for Me -  4:29
 3. Give Me Wings -  4:18
 4. If Trouble Was Money - 11:28
 5. Tipping -  4:28
 6. Walking the Dog -  6:40
 7. When You're Doin' Alright -  4:40
 8. Soul Fixin' Man -  5:58
 9. Out on a Line -  6:06
10. One Woman Too Many -  5:51
11. I'll Play the Blues for You -  8:23
12. Last Night -  5:31

The son of veteran Chicago blues songwriter Johnnie Mae Dunson, Jimi "Prime Time" Smith checks in with a live album recorded at Blues Alley in Minneapolis, MN on two nights in 1998. Kicking off with a jazzy instrumental, Benny Golson's "Killer Joe," Smith immediately shows us that he's no Stevie Ray Vaughanabee, spraying tight licks over a loose framework that allows the whole band to breathe as one. A Jimmy Reed-styled original, "You for Me," is up next, with a guest appearance on harmonica from Tom Burns. A slow blues dedicated to Albert Collins (his "If Trouble Was Money") shows off Smith's fretboard firepower, while "Tipping" and "Walkin' the Dog" -- the latter featuring a guest turn from Brother Jack McDuff -- show off the band's funk and jazz sides. Other highlights include his mother's "When You're Doin' Alright" (originally recorded by Jimmy Reed), Luther Allison's "Soul Fixin' Man," Albert King's "I'll Play the Blues for You" and the Mar-Keys' "Last Night." All in all, an impressive debut.

Give Me Wings