The Flaming Hurricane

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Total Tracks: 11   Total Length: 28:30

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Telling You About the Blues, in Texas, Atlanta and Detroit

By John Morthland, eMusic Contributor

Let me tell you about Let Me Tell You About the Blues, a series of three-disc packages (several of which are available on eMusic) that attempts to trace the evolution of the music by focusing on geographic areas. Results are mixed, as they almost always are on compilations, in this case due largely to the fact that anything recorded in a specific city or region is defined as belonging to that area. To cite one… more »

They Say All Music Guide

An 11 track album that’s been sitting in the Ace (Jackson, MS version) vaults since the 1970s, this is classic Piano Red all the way. His good-time singing, rough and garbled though it may be, and his barrelhouse piano playing are both in fine form on this hitherto undocumented session. With a small rhythm section, the focus stays firmly on Red as he turns in re-cuts of “Dr. Feelgood,” “The Right String, but the Wrong Yo Yo,” Joe Turner’s “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” “Corrina, Corrina,” and a nice sampling of what must have been some set list favorites. The deepest blues on here is “Whiskey Man” aka “Ten Cent Shot,” a splendid talking blues with nice, understated slide guitar from the unknown guitarist on this date. But in the main it’s Red in high rockin’ gear, a man who was truly ahead of his time. While not rivaling his early RCA sides, this session comes as a really nice surprise. – Cub Koda

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