For WICKED GRIN, John Hammond takes a break from interpreting the likes of Sleepy John Estes and Blind Lemon Jefferson to have a go at the canon of good friend Tom Waits. Wicked Grin CD music Further authenticating this project is Waits's involvement as producer and musician. Rounding out the cast on this impressive project are Sir Douglas Quintet keyboardist Augie Meyers, harp legend Charlie Musselwhite, Canned Heat's Larry Taylor, and Fabulous Thunderbird Stephen Hodges on skins.
Wicked Grin CD music. As the electric guitar ace Joe Bonamassa was so strongly inspired by blues and blues-oriented six-stringers (i.e., Clapton, Johnny Winter), many of his fans would politely pester him about doing a disc of blues standards. Originally done as a lark, ...
Wicked Grin songs. The '60s were a very productive time for Junior Wells, but if any Wells album deserves to be exalted as his most triumphant recording of the '60s, it is Hoodoo Man Blues. This superb 1965 session is not only widely ...
Wicked Grin CD music. "Get Right With God" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
The follow-up to Lucinda Williams's commercial/critical breakthrough CAR WHEELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD is anything but a market-geared, commercial effort. Rather, ESSENCE is the sound of ...
Wicked Grin songs. "Some people call it depression and I call it a song." That simple observation from "Uncommon Connection," the rollickingly catchy opening track of songwriter/singer John Hiatt's 2003 release BENEATH THIS GRUFF EXTERIOR, sums it up quite sweetly. Hiatt's been channeling ...
Wicked Grin music CDs. SWEET TEA was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.
Over the years, blues guitar hero Buddy Guy has embraced everything from Chicago blues to R&B and pop balladry, always retaining his hardcore blues underpinning and fretboard ...
Wicked Grin album. SMOKIN' JOINT was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.
Best known for fronting Texas legends The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Kim Wilson spent much of the '90s balancing his time between his old group and kick-starting his solo ...
Wicked Grin music CDs. Live Recording
Recorded at Music Lane, Austin, Texas on May 4, 1998.
Personnel: Matthew Robinson (vocals, guitar); Larry Williams (saxophone); Donald "Duck" Jennings, Don Jennings (trumpet); Mickey Bennet (keyboards).
Recording information: Music Lane, Austin, TX (05/04/1998).
Arranger: Chris Millar.
Personnel: Matthew Robinson (vocals, guitar); Larry ...
Wicked Grin album. (2-CD set) Memphis Minnie's legacy is very impressive: perfect guitar duos with her husband Joe Mac Coy, masterpieces of solo country blues, thrilling pieces of the toughest blues to come from Chicago pre war. - Track Listing of songs: FRISCO TOWN ...
21st Century Blues Hammonds' voice is perfect for this carefully selected bouquet of T. Waits' tunes. Like a modern day Edward Hopper he paints each one anew with his supple and distinctive voice and ... By bauduc13
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Wicked! Low down, dirty, solid blues. You like the blues? You like this. By a reviewer
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infectuous tunes that dweel in your conscousness This cd came to me burned and unadorned with so much as the title. Within a week my girlfriend, neighbors and friends were thoroughly sick of it as I continued to play it loudly at ... By sidblue
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Oh man! Anyone who likes blues will love this cd.This disc played in my truck and at the house for weeks by it's self. By a reviewer
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Plain great Hammond puts a new voice behind Waits' derenblinking lyrics that embodies all sholnefulness of punk.
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