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Alligator Records artist: Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials - Slideways - New Release Review

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 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Slideways , from Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials and it's terrific! Opening with Bad All By Myself , Lil' Ed on lead guitar and vocal, gets things rocking right off the bat. With Michael Garrett playing a strong rhythm line reinforced by James "Pookie" Young and Kelly Littleton on drums, this is a great opener. The Flirt In The Car Wash Skirt is a great blues rocker with raucous slide work by Lil' Ed and Ben Levin on piano really gets this track boogieing. Vital rhythm guitar work by Garrett and a rock solid bottom makes this one of my favorites on the release. Elmore James flavored, 13th Street And Trouble , is a strong track with a pounding bottom and super piano work by Levin. Lil' Ed has this track by the short hairs and is really shaking it. Cooking! Laid back Chicago blues , More Time , has solid pacing and features Lil' Ed upfront on lead vocal. Garrett showcases his lead gui...
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Choice Cuts - Big Pete - New Release review

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Just received my copy of Choice cuts by Big Pete. Big pete is a Dutch blues vocalist and harp master (Pieter "Big Pete" van der Pluijm) who is well established in the Netherlands. Pete was handpicked for a European memorial tour to honor the music of Lester Butler. After a number of successful projects Pete was formally introduced to the US market with the Mannish Boys that we reviewed just recently. On this American solo debut with a huge line up of who's who in the blues world ( Kim Wilson, Paul Oscher, Johnny Dyer, Al Blake, Alex Schultz, Kid Ramos, Rusty Zinn, Kirk Fletcher, Shawn Pittman, Rob Rio, John Marx, Mojo Mark, Willie J. Campbell, Jimi Bott)Pete puts out a great release of Chicago style blues. This guy definitely deserves a good listen!

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