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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A sadly overlooked musical power house - who doesnt know 'see you later aligator'? Check out his (too few) albums and you will discover how much you have misssed this Bobby!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a rollin' and tumblin', foot-tappin' and shoe-shufflin' album of fresh and accessible old-style blues. Robert Charles Guidry was a mean singer and a fine songwriter. This is one of his last albums recorded before he passed away, and he recruited a superb selection of musicians to play along with him.
My fave slide guitarist Sonny Landreth features on most of the tracks, and is joined by a role call of top notch performers including Sammy Broussard, Bill Samuel, Spooner Oldham, Joe Krown and co. The result is a really rich sound, full of percussion and brass, great backing from sax and trumpet, some really lively tinkling piano and bright acoustic guitar, all underlined by an absolutely solid 12-bar electric baseline.
I have to say that at first I was a bit disappointed, and this album did take a little time to grow on me. It doesn't have the immediate impact of some modern, harder edged blues. I also found some of the lyrics to be kinda simplistic and repetitive -- yes, I know that's the nature of the blues!
However, given a few spins, this disc really started to dig in to my consciousness and a couple of the tracks -- Queen Bee, Tennessee Blues -- really wormed their way into my mind, so I'm humming them all the time. A good sign of great music!
Plus, although some of the lyrics are little lightweight ('if you were a puppy...' being the lightest of them), other tracks neatly blend social commentary of a serious nature with deceptively cheery sounds. The deprivation of the southern 'underclass' gets more than a passing mention, reminding the listener that New Orleans ain't just about having a good time...
If you really enjoy a lean, technical, stripped-back guitar sound then I suspect this isn't the kind of album for you. The guitar breaks are quite muted, almost fading into the background, and Landreth's playing forms only one strand of a rich mixture.
However, if you prefer a fuller version of rock 'n' blues, the kind of sound you'd expect to hear spilling out from an New Orleans' bar, then that's what you get with Homemade Songs. Lots of depth; plenty of top-notch performances but few stand-out virtuoso moments.
Definitely worth giving repeated plays to be fully appreciated.
7/10
My fave slide guitarist Sonny Landreth features on most of the tracks, and is joined by a role call of top notch performers including Sammy Broussard, Bill Samuel, Spooner Oldham, Joe Krown and co. The result is a really rich sound, full of percussion and brass, great backing from sax and trumpet, some really lively tinkling piano and bright acoustic guitar, all underlined by an absolutely solid 12-bar electric baseline.
I have to say that at first I was a bit disappointed, and this album did take a little time to grow on me. It doesn't have the immediate impact of some modern, harder edged blues. I also found some of the lyrics to be kinda simplistic and repetitive -- yes, I know that's the nature of the blues!
However, given a few spins, this disc really started to dig in to my consciousness and a couple of the tracks -- Queen Bee, Tennessee Blues -- really wormed their way into my mind, so I'm humming them all the time. A good sign of great music!
Plus, although some of the lyrics are little lightweight ('if you were a puppy...' being the lightest of them), other tracks neatly blend social commentary of a serious nature with deceptively cheery sounds. The deprivation of the southern 'underclass' gets more than a passing mention, reminding the listener that New Orleans ain't just about having a good time...
If you really enjoy a lean, technical, stripped-back guitar sound then I suspect this isn't the kind of album for you. The guitar breaks are quite muted, almost fading into the background, and Landreth's playing forms only one strand of a rich mixture.
However, if you prefer a fuller version of rock 'n' blues, the kind of sound you'd expect to hear spilling out from an New Orleans' bar, then that's what you get with Homemade Songs. Lots of depth; plenty of top-notch performances but few stand-out virtuoso moments.
Definitely worth giving repeated plays to be fully appreciated.
7/10
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Bobby Charles give us a great mix of good down home southern songs with a great set of musicians-this is the best since his bobby charles c.d. way back -a new version of 'tennesse blues 'included but the stand out track in varied set of music is 'always been a gambler' followed by a reworking of 'home made songs' but there all good!
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