Bman's Blues Report

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Same Old Blues Again , from The Blues Doctors and it's cool. Opening with The Champs' track, Tequila , a Latin flavored R&B number ever popular since it's inception in the late 50's. Handled here with melody on harp and rhythm just claps and guitar. This is a lively song and a super opener. Mud's Rollin' & Tumblin' is up next with Adam Gussow on harp and Alan Gross on lead vocal and cigar box guitar. Very nice. Another Chicago style blues track, Cry For Me Baby features Gussow on lead vocal and harp and Gross laying down some nice electric guitar riffs. Bog Boy Crudup's That's Alright gets a great workout with lead vocal and harp solo by Gussow and snappy picking by Gross. Very cool. Original instrumental track, Blues For Hank is one of my favorites on the release with a nice walking bass line by Bill Harrison and each Gussow and Gross taking nice solos. Kicking it into hi...

ROOSTERS HAPPY HOUR IS DEBUT CD FROM THE BLUES DOCTORS   Oxford, Mississippi — Got the rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu? Or perhaps a hole in your soul? Well, a new Mississippi-made blues release aims to cure it.   The Blues Doctors are in.   Leading up to their performance at Clarksdale, Mississippi's Juke Joint Festival, the Oxford-based blues duo of Adam Gussow and Alan Gross has released its debut CD as The Blues Doctors.   "We're really looking forward to this year's Juke Joint Festival," said Gussow. "A lot of the tracks on our new album are things we beat into shape on the streets of Oxford, so a big street festival in Clarksdale should feel just like home."   Named for the steady Friday gig at Rooster’s Blues House in Oxford, Mississippi, where Gussow and Gross hammered our their dynamic two-man sound, Roosters Happy Hour aims to please traditional and adventurous blues fans alike.   Gussow describes The Blu...