Topic: Billy Boy Arnold sings Big Bill Broonzy Electro-Fi CD

[Bunker Hill]

I've been sent a copy of this CD, due for release next week, and it's a winner. Good old fashioned acoustic blues that's right up my street.

Rather than bombarding you all with my purple prose and hyperbole, I've attached an mp3 of Key To The Highway which I've reduced to around 660kb from its 2mb to make attachment quicker and easier.

[Rivers]

Yow, that's really nice. I'm not familiar with Billy Boy Arnold, lovely touch and taste on the guitar, excellent voice, nice harp.

[Bunker Hill]

Guitarist is Eric Noden; acoustic bass Beau Sample; washboard, percussion and clarinet (1 track) Rick Sherry. Billy Flynn plays electric guitar on one song and mandolin on one or two other. Recorded February last year.

Now for something completely different, here's the clarinet track - touch of the Arnett Nelsons 

I can't get enough of this CD.....

[Rivers]

Great groove, had me jammin' along on the mando.

[dj]

Wow.  A friend told me about this, and I thanked him and thought "not interested".  I see I was wrong.  Thanks for posting the samples. 

[Stuart]

http://www.amazon.com/Billy-Arnold-Sings-Bill-Broonzy/dp/B0075MFSD0

Don't  forget  to go through the "Search Now" box below "Support Weenie!" on the lower left hand side of the page.

[Bunker Hill]

Adding my final word on this, as an artefact it's a goodie too with a three leaf fold out and excellent notes by Bob Riesman.

[GhostRider]

What Rivers said, really nice.

Thanks,
Alex

[Rivers]

I just can't wait to get this record, if two tracks are anything to go by. Sounds like a long lost classic.

[Pan]

Thanks for the heads up, Bunker Hill. This sounds really promising!

Cheers

Pan

[Bunker Hill]

Thanks for the heads up, Bunker Hill. This sounds really promising!

Amazon have short samples of each song.

[Pan]

Thanks for the heads up, Bunker Hill. This sounds really promising!

Amazon have short samples of each song.

They do? I couldn't find it.  Nevertheless, I already ordered the CD. 

Cheers

Pan

[Rivers]

Arrived today, enjoying it a lot. My first impressions were as follows.

The mandolin is the icing on the cake, more needed.
Eric the mysterious guitar player totally rocks.
The album has an all around pleasing sound, it's a very well recorded and mixed acoustic set (with one tres subtle, almost seamless, overdub, you wouldn't know unless you were a guitar player listening to an album with one credited guitarist).
Not previously mentioned there's some seriously good non-slide "resonator guitar in open tuning" stuff going on on several tracks.

Excellent all round, cheers for the heads up there Bunker.

[Bunker Hill]

Excellent all round, cheers for the heads up there Bunker.

It's a pretty smart 'artefact' too, I especially like the gatefold (as termed in days of LPs)

[Pan]

Just listened through for the first time, and was very pleased! Thanks again, Bunker Hill!

Cheers

Pan