Deuces Wild

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Album Information

Total Tracks: 13   Total Length: 61:38

eMusic Features

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Lost Soul Singles of the ’60s

By Douglas Wolk, eMusic Contributor

Jackie Moore's "Precious, Precious" is an amazing single - a Southern R&B burner from 1970 that features a spectacular performance, an indelible melody and a rivetingly masochistic lyrical conceit. My reaction the first time I heard it, recently, was both shock that it hadn't become a big hit, and curiosity if Moore had ever recorded anything else good. Then I looked into her career a little more, and what I discovered was even more shocking: it… more »

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Where Did the Blues Begin?

By John Morthland, eMusic Contributor

The biggest debate in blues circles these days is, "where did the blues begin?" Ever since the blues revival of the 50s and 60s, the answer has been "the Mississippi Delta." But in recent years, more than a few blues buffs have argued, that while the Delta is where the harshest form of blues indeed gelled, there is very little evidence to suggest that blues started there. Further, Delta blues in its heyday was almost… more »

They Say All Music Guide

This is B.B.’s celebrity duet album, and a straight-ahead blues album this is not. But longtime fans who are aware of King’s genre-stretching capabilities will find much to savor here. Kicking off with B.B. playing some beautiful fills and solo work behind Van Morrison on “If You Love Me,” the superstars start lining up to jam with the King, with Tracy Chapman (“The Thrill Is Gone”), Eric Clapton (a funkified “Rock Me Baby”), the Rolling Stones (“Paying the Cost to Be the Boss,” with a fine harp solo from Mick Jagger), Willie Nelson (his “Nightlife,” long a standard in B.B.’s set list), Bonnie Raitt (“Baby I Love You”), and Marty Stuart (“Confessin’ the Blues”) all turning in fine efforts. The only clinker aboard here is an ill-advised attempt to make a rap record with Heavy D, the execrable “Keep It Coming.” – Cub Koda

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