Dutch Blues Magazine - Recensie
_Hans Wolven
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"For lovers of original blues, this is a relief!" There are people who keep pure. From the early blues. Blind Willy McTell the times, from Robert Johnson, Blind Boy Fuller and so on with those contemporaries. One of those people is Toby Walker, a white blues player, those old times back and get them into the spotlight with his latest CD. For years fans have been asking for a CD where most blues and is the most slide work. Well here it is Shake Shake Mama. I have at times not so good and sharp hearing someone playing the guitar.
The opening track Shake Shake Mama, starts like a train. No mistake or false tone detect. The engineers who have recorded this CD have made it work. The sound is great. And when you compare it to the same song played in its original version, then that fine scratches and splashes around. But when Toby has the same intention. Crazy 'Bout An Automobile, a traditional, takes you back in time again. His voice grates against the great guitar fingerpickin stijltje. They had perhaps some old sounds to mix them. It all sounds so clean. But pure. And what a guitar playing, great!
Mama Tain't Long For The Day, a song by Blind Willie McTell. The slide comes around the corner, and how. Toby knows tones to draw forth, such as Blind Willie that was somewhat less. This is terribly clever play. You would be jealous.
Travelin 'Riverside Blues, originally from Robert Jonson, comes into view in a way that is ever intended. I even looked up the original song. And yes Toby has excellent listening. Again, this is again of great class.
Keep On Truckin, I have heard many versions. Also of Dutch groups. Even the late sixties by a Dutch group, blues and country through each other batters. They made this song a harmony song. But here I hear Blind Boy Fuller in earlier years has meant.
Tootie Blues Of Blind Blake. Close your eyes and imagine yourself back many years. Imagine that you sit on a porch, a sunset and blues player who played Tootie Blues. In a way that almost none can be called. Super!
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burnin ', an old squatter from Blind Willie Johnson, guitar in open tuning and play. Take the time back. Toby can play it or slide? And how! I Got To Love Somebody. Back to the time Muddy Waters. I estimate in the early sixties. Simple and straightforward. The vocals here could perhaps be heavier. But the way of playing seems indeed that of Muddy.
Midnight Special. A number of Huddie Ledbetter was originally, you have already, with several bands. It has even been in the execution of CCR been in the charts. But here let Toby Walker told how close he is to the original.
Shuffle Rag is a song in which you take to be undertaken. A nice piece of guitar playing.
Can not Be Satisfied, Muddy another song. I seem to remember that this number is an album of mid-sixties. A nice slide version of Walker.
Whats The Matter Now. Written by Mississippi Fred McDowell. Recently I heard this song still pass the original version. But this is a very near.
Meat Shakin 'Woman. A break. Relaxed and number of Blind Boy Fuller. A great piece fingerpickin. The voice is getting used to if you know the original. But not wrong.
Broke Down Engine. One of the classics by Blind Willie McTell performed here in a beautiful way. Class. Sounds like a dobro playing. Excellent shot. Gentlemen engineers, good work. But Toby Walker, Class.
She's 19 Years Old, I know another version of Muddy Waters. Here in the acoustic version. In the fuller electric version I like him better. But certainly not a bad play. The final number
Cigarette Blues Bo Carter is a nice finishing touch to this special CD. All in all an album with 16 different songs on it. Various styles such as Ragtime, Delta, Texas and Chigago are reviewed. For lovers of original blues, this is a relief!
"For lovers of original blues, this is a relief!" There are people who keep pure. From the early blues. Blind Willy McTell the times, from Robert Johnson, Blind Boy Fuller and so on with those contemporaries. One of those people is Toby Walker, a white blues player, those old times back and get them into the spotlight with his latest CD. For years fans have been asking for a CD where most blues and is the most slide work. Well here it is Shake Shake Mama. I have at times not so good and sharp hearing someone playing the guitar.
The opening track Shake Shake Mama, starts like a train. No mistake or false tone detect. The engineers who have recorded this CD have made it work. The sound is great. And when you compare it to the same song played in its original version, then that fine scratches and splashes around. But when Toby has the same intention. Crazy 'Bout An Automobile, a traditional, takes you back in time again. His voice grates against the great guitar fingerpickin stijltje. They had perhaps some old sounds to mix them. It all sounds so clean. But pure. And what a guitar playing, great!
Mama Tain't Long For The Day, a song by Blind Willie McTell. The slide comes around the corner, and how. Toby knows tones to draw forth, such as Blind Willie that was somewhat less. This is terribly clever play. You would be jealous.
Travelin 'Riverside Blues, originally from Robert Jonson, comes into view in a way that is ever intended. I even looked up the original song. And yes Toby has excellent listening. Again, this is again of great class.
Keep On Truckin, I have heard many versions. Also of Dutch groups. Even the late sixties by a Dutch group, blues and country through each other batters. They made this song a harmony song. But here I hear Blind Boy Fuller in earlier years has meant.
Tootie Blues Of Blind Blake. Close your eyes and imagine yourself back many years. Imagine that you sit on a porch, a sunset and blues player who played Tootie Blues. In a way that almost none can be called. Super!
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burnin ', an old squatter from Blind Willie Johnson, guitar in open tuning and play. Take the time back. Toby can play it or slide? And how! I Got To Love Somebody. Back to the time Muddy Waters. I estimate in the early sixties. Simple and straightforward. The vocals here could perhaps be heavier. But the way of playing seems indeed that of Muddy.
Midnight Special. A number of Huddie Ledbetter was originally, you have already, with several bands. It has even been in the execution of CCR been in the charts. But here let Toby Walker told how close he is to the original.
Shuffle Rag is a song in which you take to be undertaken. A nice piece of guitar playing.
Can not Be Satisfied, Muddy another song. I seem to remember that this number is an album of mid-sixties. A nice slide version of Walker.
Whats The Matter Now. Written by Mississippi Fred McDowell. Recently I heard this song still pass the original version. But this is a very near.
Meat Shakin 'Woman. A break. Relaxed and number of Blind Boy Fuller. A great piece fingerpickin. The voice is getting used to if you know the original. But not wrong.
Broke Down Engine. One of the classics by Blind Willie McTell performed here in a beautiful way. Class. Sounds like a dobro playing. Excellent shot. Gentlemen engineers, good work. But Toby Walker, Class.
She's 19 Years Old, I know another version of Muddy Waters. Here in the acoustic version. In the fuller electric version I like him better. But certainly not a bad play. The final number
Cigarette Blues Bo Carter is a nice finishing touch to this special CD. All in all an album with 16 different songs on it. Various styles such as Ragtime, Delta, Texas and Chigago are reviewed. For lovers of original blues, this is a relief!