Bman's Blues Report

I just received the newest release, The Caster Blaster , from Clarence "The Blues Man" Turner and its funky blues cool! Opening with a hot funky blues, Fame and Fortune , Turner shows his chops which venture from Albert to BB with cool bass work, also by Turner and a nice horn backing by Gene Meros on sax and Gary Hendrickson on trumpet. On Mojo Hand , David Satterwhite lays down a nice bass line and Turner stretches out some pretty funky blues riffs on guitar. Meros and Hendrickson are back on horn giving it a kind of Memphis sound and Turner's vocal phrasing reminds me a bit of Johnny Guitar. A real swinger, C.C. Rider , takes a different tempo than what is typically associated with this track with Hendrickson pushing the lead on trumpet amd Meros holding down the bottom. Charles Pearson adds some really fine key work with tight drumming from Sean Graves but it's the solo work of Saxman Meros and Turners guitar work that makes this track sing. Sabrena has a kind...