Blues Rock @ its best
355086
he keeps doing what hes good at which is to bluesrock
104710
"From Beale Street to Oblivion" is simply a masterpiece! Fallon and his crew just proves that they're manage to create that unique heavy blues-rock sound, as only they can. This one rocks! "Power Player", "Electric Worry" is only some of the heavy tracks.

Stop seeking, here it is!!!

/Crook
343967
Jimmy page at his best. You can't go wrong buying any Led Zep music, I own every studio cd and this group is one of favorite blues, with Robert Plant screaming and Jimmy Plant playing every type of guitar music !
1139950
If you are reading this review, I'll have to assume you are new to blues and blues guitar in particular.  If you weren't, you wouldn't need any convincing by me to pick this classic up right away.  BB King may be called the King of the Blues, but Albert King is the player most wished they could sound like.  He was Stevie Ray Vaughan's favorite player and the only man Hendrix said he was afraid to share a stage with.  Live Wire, Blues Power may feature flashier long extended guitar solos, but this cd, more then any other, is the one I use to answer the question: who is Albert King?  I just pop it in the deck and let the opening title track fill the room.  Two or three tracks are usually all I need to get any newbie running out for their own copy.  With guys like Booker T., Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, and the great Issac Hayes backing Albert up, this thing grooves from begining to end and every track is a gem.  This could quite possibly be the single greatest and most important blues album ever recorded.  It's so nice to see it available again.  Do yourself a favor and make this your next blues guitar cd.  While you're at it, pick up Live Wire, Blues Power and I'll Play the Blues for You.  You may have just found a new favorite guitar player.
35985
Corey's album is deep on every level:  melodies, lyrics, guitar virtuosity, feeling.  Just take a listen to the guitar work on "Road to Zen".  It's one of the most beautiful blues-rock songs ever recorded.  And he lyrics aren't bad either.  One song after another slams you against the floor then takes you up through the roof.  If you like heavy bass lines, a mean, lacerating guitar that blasts in and out of the melody like an burst of angry hornets, get this album.  Oh, and did I mention the humor in some of the lyrics:  ("Everyone's got a porch but no one's got a view")?  Dust off your shelf and make room for this CD.
2260127
A real nice find. Grooveyard records brings a compilation of songs from the artists past to showcase them.
I have to say I am pleasantly surprised by how good the songwriting of the songs are here.
Stavros Papadopouols is not only an excellent guitar player but has a knack for writing blues rock songs that are very much classic rock at its finest. I am looking forward to getting into their more recent releases on Grooveyard as well.
1580681
I saw and heard the Larry McCray band at the Belleville blues festival this summer, and was mesmerized.  Incredible voice, really tight band, very personable guy, fantastic blues music.  Out of the entire line up that day (which included Jeremy Spencer), I enjoyed Larry and his band the most.  If you love the blues, buy this CD.  If you think you might like the blues, this CD will show you blues you can love.
3704901
This is the absolute best smokin' hot blues, rock n' roll album I have heard in a  long, long time!! Born certified INDEED!
1612122
What a great Blues-Rock album! The best I've heard in years.  You should crank this up as loud as you can, and party to it.  The raw emotion and exhilaration of 'That's Why I love You So', and 'World of Hurt' make me want to dance my tail off - and that's what good rock is supposed to do.
I saw Mayall at Slim's in San Francisco a couple of years ago, and I was knocked out at his high-energy, fun, dancable, rock and roll, and the great guitar-playing of Buddy Whittington.  I've searched in vain for a Mayall album that captured the vitality of that live performance.  This finally does it justice.  Mayall's singing will turn off some, since he's not a strong vocalist.  But if the listener is willing to get past that, and appreciate the music, it won't disappoint.
173074
We need more blues bands... I can never get enough of the blues and The Blues Mules do it right. I love the CD, its in my "rotation" as a regular. I highly recommend it
161690
Great album from a great blues band. There is not a bad track on this CD and every time I listen to it I have a new favorite song. Do yourself a favor and add this man and this band to your collection.
3631542
If you are into electric blues, it does not get any better than this. Joe Bonamassa is outstanding, and this is an excellent live recording. A great cd from start to finish.
2270048
Long-time blues aficionado Phil Collen pairs up with vocalist Debbi Blackwell-Cook to form one of the best blues/rock bands in a LONG time, Delta Deep! The band's cover of "Black Coffee" could almost make you forget about Humble Pie's killer rendition of the same. This is a rare album: every song is a standout. Deserves a nice CD jewelbox, though, rather than the rather chintzy cardboard sleeve in which it is packaged.
131089
What can I say about RAW except WOW !  If you love REAL BLUES ROCK look no further. After seeing BB Chungking and The Buddaheads live 7 times I have become a Blues Rock snob ! Alan was every bit as good of a Guitarist as Joe Bonamassa or Eric Clapton, as well as a Grammy winning Songwriter and a really nice Guy. Sure gonna miss him, but will never forget him.
2701572
Super Blues album  great musicianship , great stuff !!!! You won't be disappointed with this if you like Blues , crank it up !!
247086
I LOVE this record & today's young blues-rock bands & fans need to discover this record. Along with the innovative blues-rock recordings of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac made a few years after the release of this recording, this recording is seriously underrated & ignored by FM album oriented rock stations & today's blues-rock bands & fans. The instrumental skills displayed on this recording are outstanding & the sheer power this version of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band generated has not been replicated by any other blues-rock band other than Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac since. This album has aged well & is still relevant today. For all of the endless accolades showered on EVERYTHING recorded by Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, & Stevie Ray Vaughan, nothing these three titans of blues-rock recorded approaches what this band accomplished on "East-West". "East-West" combines the emotion & power of the blues along with the swing & instrumental dexterity of a great jazz band. The highlights for me on this album are their version of "I Got A Mind To Give Up Living", made famous by B.B. King, which features great, slow burning guitar work by the late Michael Bloomfield, Elvin Bishop's slow blues "Never Say No" which features great, moody vocals & a dreamy-swampy feel, & the two centerpieces of the album, the instrumentals "Work Song" written by jazz great Nat Adderly, & the title cut "East-West" written by Michael Bloomfield & Nick Gravenites, who would collaborate with Bloomfield further after he left the Butterfield Blues Band. "Work Song" & "East-West" are probably the first recorded versions of jazz-rock fusion put to vinyl. "Work Song" is a faithful version of the original with excellent solos by each member of the band. The guitar solos by both Bloomfield & Bishop are excellent & tasteful & the rhythm section of Jerome Arnold & Billy Davenport rank right up there with Ron Carter & Tony Williams of the great Miles Davis bands of the 60's, not to mention John McVie & Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac. The title song "East-West" starts out with Elvin Bishop on guitar joined by Michael Bloomfield playing an ascending build-up to Paul Butterfield's harp solo. After the harp solo the music reaches an edge of the world crescendo before coming to a sudden stop. Michael Bloomfield then launches into a lengthy, powerful guitar solo that previews the coming of John McLaughlin's jaw-dropping guitar work in the original version of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Bloomfield's playing isn't lightning fast like McLaughlin's would be in the M.O., but has that same India inspired feel of McLaughlin's best work. The music again reaches a climax after his solo followed by another sudden stop. Bishop & Bloomfield then begin an ascending dual guitar build-up which leads to the song's ending climax. A breath taking performance from beginning to end which never goes overboard or becomes boring at any point. That statement leads me to my final statements regarding this album. This album with it's lengthy, India-inspired soloing on the title cut is frequently credited with starting the acid rock movement which grew out of San Francisco in the late 60's. This is a major crock folks. NONE of the stoner acid rock bands (The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, etc.) with their meandering, loosely structured jams, could hold a candle to this band & to compare this recording with the excessive, disjointed music put out by the acid rock movement of the late 60's does this band & this recording a major disservice. This is serious, driving blues-rock at its best, made by serious musicians, not a bunch of stoned hippies. Blues-rock fans who haven't yet heard this recording, pick up a copy of this album a.s.a.p. You won't be disappointed & you'll find it hard to take this album out of your cd player. It's that good!
1717192
Great mix of blues and rock with a good funk on some songs