I first heard Guy Davis and Fabrizio Poggi on the Blues Show on the radio. I was delighted to find a duo playing acoustic blues of the kind I enjoy in way that paid homage to the old country bluesmen without trying to copy them. (This led to me buying the excellent Juba Dance, which I recommend highly. ) When "Sonnie and Brownie's Last Train" came out I was initially a bit dubious about buying it because Sonnie and Brownie were a duo I knew very little about.
This was because when I first heard the blues the blues fanatic I hung out with defined authentic blues in a rather narrow way. To be a real blues singer you had to have made a few recordings back in the 1930's, preferably had a name that was prefixed with Blind, had a short, tragic or mysterious life and most definitely had to be dead. This point of view led to the performers playing the 60s Blues revival being denounced as commercial and listening to them was seen as heresy. As I was more interested in Jefferson Airplane at the time I accepted this as valid criticism and concealed my fondness for Canned Heat.
Now conscious of my ignorance, I did some research and once I found some great footage of two of my all time favourite songs, "Baby Please Don't Go" and "Goin Down Slow" -neither of which were by Sonnie and Brownie - that were on this cd I decided to buy it. I am so glad I did.
It came this morning and I have had it on repeat ever since. This is a lovely cd with clear, crisp sound from live in the studio performances that are brilliantly sung and played. There isn't a bad track on it.They even manage to inject life and freshness into and get me liking tracks like "Freight Train" and "Take This Hammer" which were badly served by some awful covers back in the day. I now suspect that even if I listen to the originals I will probably prefer Guy and Fabrizio's beautifully produced versions of all these songs. The digipack contains a sheet with added information on and all the words to the songs which is a thoughtful extra.
This cd has been nominated for a Grammy which I think it definitely deserves. So if, like me, you missed out on the music of the Blues revival, this cd is a hugely enjoyable way of catching up. If you didn't, this is excellently done, with the from the floor recordings catching all the spirit of a live set with a sound quality that you rarely get from one. This is the best blues cd I have bought this year and I recommend it highly.
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