Black & Blue / Tobacco Road

Lou Rawls - Black & Blue / Tobacco Road

Black & Blue / Tobacco Road
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Artist: Lou Rawls
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Published: 2006
CD Release Date: 2006-05-16
Music Label: Blue Note Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Roll 'Em Pete
  2. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
  3. How Long, How Long Blues
  4. Everyday I Have The Blues
  5. St. James Infirmary
  6. (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue
  7. Gloomy Sunday
  8. Kansas City
  9. Going' To Chicago Blues
  10. Trouble In Mind
  11. World Of Trouble
  12. Six Cold Feet Of Ground
  13. Strange Fruit
  14. Tobacco Road
  15. Cotton Fields
  16. Rockin' Chair
  17. Stormy Weather
  18. Ol' Man River
  19. Blues For A Four-String Guitar
  20. St. Louis Blues
  21. Georgia On My Mind
  22. Sentimental Journey
  23. Summertime
  24. When It's Sleepy Time Down South

Music reviews of Black & Blue / Tobacco Road

Music Review: The voice shines through
Rating: 4 Stars

This CD comprises of two albums recorded in 1962 & 1963, with two tracks, numbers 7 & 24 as bonus tracks. Arrangements on both albums were by Onzy Matthews, with a whole slew of hand picked session players to perform them.On both sets Lou Rawls displays imperious styling and phrasing, and his voice is distinctive and given lots of space in the arrangements. There is, however a distinct contrast between the choice of material on the two albums. The "Black and Blue" set contains a much better chosen range of songs, and the arrangements more in empathy with Rawls style. Stand out tracks are a version of "Every day I have the Blues", Count Basie's "Going to Chicago Blues" and an outstanding reading of Oscar Brown Junior's "World of Trouble". The bonus track would not have been out of place in the original programming. The "Tobacco Road" set starts with an excellent version of the title track, but the rest of the set is good without ever being outstanding, except for "Blues for a four string guitar" which is really quite weak. Throughout, Rawls does his best to impart something new to all of them, though he's not helped in places by the arrangements, where on the second album the guitar sound is weak. It's also difficult not to compare the version of "Georgia on my mind" with what Ray Charles was doing with it at about the same time in another place! The remastering is excellent throughout, mixed as it was from 3 track tapes. I welcome the re-release of these long deleted albums, but on reflection despite Rawls' valiant efforts elsewhere the "Black and Blue" set is the highlight of this CD.
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