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| 1. I'm a Steady Rollin' Man | |||
| 2. From Four Until Late | |||
| 3. Dead Shrimp Blues | |||
| 4. Little Queen of Spades | |||
| 5. They're Red Hot | |||
| 6. Preachin' Blues | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. When You Got a Good Friend | |||
| 2. 32-20 Blues | |||
| 3. Phonograph Blues | |||
| 4. Last Fair Deal Gone Down | |||
| 5. Stop Breakin' Down Blues | |||
| 6. Terraplane Blues | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. I'm a Steady Rollin' Man | |||
| 2. From Four Until Late | |||
| 3. Dead Shrimp Blues | |||
| 4. Little Queen of Spades | |||
| 5. They Red Hot | |||
| 6. Preachin' Blues | |||
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Amazon.co.uk Review
A limited edition three-CD set, Me and the Devil assembles the previously issued albums Hot Foot Powder (2000) and The Robert Johnson Songbook (1998), in which Peter Green, Nigel Watson, other Splinter Groupers and occasional guests such as Buddy Guy, Otis Rush and Joe Louis Walker work through the 29 songs recorded 60-odd years ago by Robert Johnson. The third disc contains (in the same order) that original portfolio: the 29 songs, sung by Johnson himself. As if this juxtaposition were not bold enough, the notes claim that hearing the Splinter Group playing songs that Johnson recorded solo gives an impression of how Johnson would have sounded when he played with a band. Time for a reality pill. Green is very good at this sort of thing; he obviously feels an affinity with Johnson, sings and plays his songs without pretension or conceit and makes music that is transparently honest. But the direct comparison that this album allows makes cruelly clear how great a distance separates Johnson from even his most dedicated followers. --Tony Russell
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I'm a Robert Johnson fan (set to the tune of 'I'm a Steady Rollin' Man')and I love to hear how the best blues musicians interpret and play his numbers. Peter Green and his band of blues virtuosos have produced some of the best interpretations of all - this collection is simply stunning.
Green himself has an amazing voice that sounds as if it's fighting through a saloon bar full of smoke to reach us, throaty, almost a forced whisper in places, but deeply evocative. He takes centre stage in numbers like 'Dead Shrimp Blues,' 'Drunken Hearted Man' and the classic 'Malted Milk.' Sometimes you think he's not going to make the next note, but, in true jazz style, he is just in time.
In Nigel Watson he has a perfect foil; Watson's voice being much truer and more powerful, yet always reaching us from a distance. He takes solo spot in testing numbers like 'Hell Hound on my Trail,' and 'Preachin Blues.' The guitar playing of both of them is consummate and, in most cases, they stick very closely to the original Johnson notes.
Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, it's possible to put together comparison CD's on computer (legal now), so I've got songs like 'Hell Hound' played first by Johnson, then by Green and then by Clapton. All superb, different, brilliantly played and addictive.
Any fan of Johnson and his music must get this album to hear how Johnson may have been playing it with a small band at the end of his brutally short career; music that was sadly never recorded but has been glimpsed at by Green and his band.
Green himself has an amazing voice that sounds as if it's fighting through a saloon bar full of smoke to reach us, throaty, almost a forced whisper in places, but deeply evocative. He takes centre stage in numbers like 'Dead Shrimp Blues,' 'Drunken Hearted Man' and the classic 'Malted Milk.' Sometimes you think he's not going to make the next note, but, in true jazz style, he is just in time.
In Nigel Watson he has a perfect foil; Watson's voice being much truer and more powerful, yet always reaching us from a distance. He takes solo spot in testing numbers like 'Hell Hound on my Trail,' and 'Preachin Blues.' The guitar playing of both of them is consummate and, in most cases, they stick very closely to the original Johnson notes.
Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, it's possible to put together comparison CD's on computer (legal now), so I've got songs like 'Hell Hound' played first by Johnson, then by Green and then by Clapton. All superb, different, brilliantly played and addictive.
Any fan of Johnson and his music must get this album to hear how Johnson may have been playing it with a small band at the end of his brutally short career; music that was sadly never recorded but has been glimpsed at by Green and his band.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
In the box set you get Peter Greens version of Robert Johnsons work and the third disc is the original recordings.
Greens guitar playing throughout the album is sublime as usual, at some points the vocals in the songs are a bit of a letdown, for example Paul rogers sounds like he has a cold in 'sweet home chicago'.
On the whole this is a superb collection of music and apart from that minor gripe this album is a must have.
Greens guitar playing throughout the album is sublime as usual, at some points the vocals in the songs are a bit of a letdown, for example Paul rogers sounds like he has a cold in 'sweet home chicago'.
On the whole this is a superb collection of music and apart from that minor gripe this album is a must have.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I am really pleased I bought this. Peter Green has produced a number of albums in the last 10 to 15 years which I have admired and enjoyed. But that was new material. This shows him paying homage [as many have before him] to Robert Johnson and those early and absolutely classic blues tracks. Early Fleetwood Mac revealed. These albums bear listening to over and over.
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Better than Clapton!
Excellent album from start to finish. The versions of the songs are better than Eric Claptons attempts at the Johnson cannon. Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2008 by The BigE
Beautiful Blues Bargain!
First of all, what a delightfully packaged box set this is with an informative sleeve/booklet separating Mr Green`s CDs from Mr Roberts, with all three discs securely held in place... Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2002 by Mr. C. H. Redmond
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