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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This is a "must have" album for the discerning blues collector. Combining superb musicianship, well crafted songs and excellent production. The overall result is an excellent CD introducing the unitiated to the founding father of the blues and the experienced collector to finely rendered versions of timeless classics. Beautifully packaged with extensive liner notes providing insightful commentary on the individual songs and the history of both Robert Johnson and Peter Green. Unreservedly highly recommended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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One of the best albums I've heard for a long time Peter Green really is one of the greatest guitarists and musicians of our time
The only albums of his that are possibly better are the other half of the Robert Johnson songbook released as Hot Foot Powder and the amazing In The Skies that Peter Green released many years ago both of these albums should be in everyone's collection
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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On "The Robert Johnson Songbook", and its 13-track companion volume "Hot Foot Powder", Peter Green goes through all of Robert Johnson's twenty-nine recorded songs. Or rather through twenty-seven of them, according to the track list here on Amazon, which doesn't feature "Kind Hearted Woman Blues" or "Terraplane Blues" (they are both on my CD, however, but that may be a European thing).
The arrangements are mostly semi-acoustic, featuring guitars and dobros, piano and the occational harp, and while former Fleetwood Mac-guitarist Green's vocals aren't excactly powerful, he sings with a lot of soul and an impeccable sense of rhythm, sounding in fact very much like Eric Clapton.
Bad Company's Paul Rodgers guests on a couple of tracks, and vocal group Street Angels 98 lend a distinct gospel-like flavour to "Last Fair Deal Gone Down".
This isn't aggressive electric blues with lots of fiery lead guitar, rather it's mellow and rather faithful to Johnson's original readings. And virtually every song is excellent, from the classic guitar/piano duet on "When You Got A Good Friend" and the harp-driven "Stop Breakin' Down Blues", to the Paul Rodgers-sung "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom" and the delightful low-key rendition of "Sweet Home Chicago".
Oddly, though, "Walking Blues" doesn't sound at all like "Walking Blues", rather it incorporates the rhythm, the phrasing and even the main slide guitar riff from Son House's "Death Letter Blues". Not that I'm complaining, I love "Death Letter Blues".
There isn't a whole lot to complain about here, actually. This is Robert Johnson's songs, after all, and while Peter Green has updated the arrangements, he doesn't really alter any of the songs enough to offend any Johnson fanatics. A little bit more variation might be nice, but "The Robert Johnson Songbook" is a perfectly good record as it is.
And it's successor, "Hot Food Powder", is even better, so don't forget to pick up both of them.
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