Dave Specter and Barkin Bill Smith - Bluebird Blues (featuring Ronnie Earl)

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1991
Time: 48:19 
Size: 111,6 MB 
Label: Delmark
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Things I'd Do For You - 3:41
 2. Tell Me What's The Reason - 4:47
 3. Bluebird Blues - 5:46
 4. Wind Chill - 5:26
 5. Get Me While I'm Free - 4:23
 6. Buzz Me - 4:31
 7. Lie To Me - 5:11
 8. Railroad Station Blues - 7:13
 9. Our Course Is Run - 4:02
10. Take A Little Walk With Me - 3:16

Musicians:
Ronnie Earl - Guitar (right channel)
Dave Specter - Guitar (left channel)
Barkin' Bill - Vocals
Bob Stroger - Bass (Electric)
Mike McCurdy - Bass, Bass (Acoustic)
Jon Hiller - Drums
Ken Saydak - Organ, Piano
Deitra Farr (special guest) - Vocals on #9
Red Groetzinger - Sax (Baritone)
Dez Desormeaux - Sax (Tenor)

Dave Specter and Barkin’ Bill Smith will be unfamiliar names to most listeners (as of the release of this album). But the music the two of them generate along with Ronnie Earl, Deitra Farr, and the Bluebirds is a lot of blues, and its contributors all deserve the notice and enjoyment which this set should bring to the creators and listeners respectively.
Dave Specter and Ronnie Earl are together on this excellent recording. They swap solos between Barkin' Bill Smith's smooth baritone vocals. I have to say that as much as I enjoy the guitars, it's Bill Smith that I keep comin' back to this one for. A seasoned singer around the Chicago area since the '50's with roots in the swing blues of Count Basie - think Joe Williams, or Big Joe Turner. The band really swings on more than a couple of songs, like Things I'd Do For You, Tell Me What's The Reason, and Wind Chill. These three excellent musicians are joined by Ken Saydak on keyboards, Bob Stroger on bass, and saxaphonists Dez Desormeaux and Red Groetzinger. Deitra Farr sings on Our Course Is Run. This is great stuff.

Bluebird Blues (featuring Ronnie Earl)