Daddy Mack Blues Band - Blues Central

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2014
Time: 49:19 
Size: 113,8 MB 
Label: Inside Sounds
Styles: Blues/Electric Chicago Blues
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Blues Doctor - 4:12
 2. Hard On Me - 3:27
 3. Doorman - 2:46
 4. Daily Blues - 4:05
 5. On The Rebound - 3:46
 6. Memphis Gives Me The Blues - 2:53
 7. Almost Left You - 5:49
 8. Finish What You Started - 5:08
 9. Sensational Sally - 3:24
10. Sharp Dressed Daddy - 3:05
11. Watermelon Man - 4:16
12. Everybody Have Fun - 3:31
13. Lonesome Train Blues - 2:51

Mack Orr was the owner of a Memphis auto repair shop when, at age 45, he decided to take up the guitar and embark on a musical career. Now, with his transition validated by a series of Inside Sounds CDs, a biographical DVD, and even a feature in AARP magazine, he stands tall at the forefront of the city s blues scene.
On this latest release, his sixth, Orr and long-time associates Joe Bonner on guitar and brother Harold on bass are joined by Fast Eddie Lester on drums and a host of guest artists who make spot-on contributions. In addition to Bobby Rush s organist Paul Brown, they include Ori Naftaly on guitar, Eric Hughes on harmonica , and Matt Isbell on both, as well as a horn section led by Carl Wolfe and a vocal group that appear on several tracks. Co-producer Eddie Dattel had a hand in all 13 songs on offer there are no covers this time out and they are a solid bunch, from the pulsing opener Blues Doctor through the downhome Lonesome Train Blues that closes the set. In between, we get variety, from a jazzy strut on Sharp-Dressed Daddy to the aptly titled Everybody Have Fun, but the meat of the program is found on such down-and-dirty fare as Daily Blues, Almost Left You, and Watermelon Man (not the Herbie Hancock classic, but a Z.Z. Hill inspired slow drag).
With its unwavering devotion to hard-core, no-nonsense blues, the Daddy Mack Blues Band is a worthy heir to such predecessors as the Fieldstones and Hollywood All-Stars, and this album is a strong addition to their catalog. --Blues Central, written by Jim DeKoster
I ve been following the Daddy Mack Blues Band for over a decade now, and I think Blues Central (Inside Sounds) may be their best release yet. Even though Mack Orr s basic attack has changed very little since his debut in the early 2000 s (Fix It When I Can), straight-ahead greasy, funky Memphis-styled blues, and there have been enough subtle changes with each subsequent release that the band continues to maintain a fresh and invigorating sound. Over time, Orr and producer Eddie Dattel have gradually added appropriate musical layers, such as horns, background singers, keyboards, harmonica, and have even branched out from the band s meat and potatoes sound to incorporate traces of other musical styles. Orr and the Bonner brothers (James rhythm guitar, Harold bass) forge on like they ve been doing this for years, and they have, and are joined on this release by Fast Eddie Lester on drums, along with an impressive list of guest stars, including Matt Isbell, Ori Naftaly, and Eric Hughes, among others, along with a horn section led by Carl Wolfe, background singers, and keyboards from Paul Brown. Orr and/or Dattel wrote all thirteen of the tracks, and there s plenty of the band s trademark funky blues on tunes like Watermelon Man, Blues Doctor, Almost Left You, and the topical Daily Blues. However, there are also a few twists this time around, such as Sharp Dressed Daddy, which has a jazzy backdrop, Everybody Have Fun, featuring the background singers, and the country bluesified closer, Lonesome Train Blues. You know what you re getting when you plug a Daddy Mack Blues Band CD in, but Orr and Dattel are working hard to keep things fresh and vital with that great Memphis blues sound and they definitely succeed in doing so with Blues Central, their best release yet. -- Blues Central Review, written by Graham Clarke for Blues Bytes

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