Jimmie Vaughan Baby, Please Come Home (Last Music) The term “legend”
gets tossed around these days like a well-worn Frisbee, but when you
talk legends of modern day blues, the late great Stevie Ray Vaughan must be a part of the discussion, and the same goes for his brother Jimmie. As lead guitarist for the Fab- ulous Thunderbirds, Jimmie built a reputa- tion as one o the finest six-string slingers in Texas- if not the world. For his latest record, Jimmie enlists
some of his A-list friends to join him, includ- ing George Rains, Ronnie James, Mike Flan- nigan, the Texas Horns and many others. From his apt cover of Lloyd Price’s “Baby Please Come Home” to the country blues of Lefty Frizzell’s “No One to Talk To (But the Blues),” Vaughan has a real winner on his hands. Blues awards folks take note. This one is going to be one of the year’s biggest. Vaughan does a magnificent reading of
T-Bone Walker’s “I’m Still in Love with You,” and his take on Fats Domino’s “So Glad” swings! Yet another outstanding track is “Midnight Hour,” with Jimmie giving 110% on the Gatemouth Brown tune. As one Jimmie to another, Vaughan
closes with a romping cover of Jimmy Reed’s “Baby What’s Wrong” to close out what may very well be Jimmie Vaughan’s greatest album to date. Sometimes it can take years to reach one’s maximum potential as an artist. It seems quite obvious that as a singer and gui- tarist, Jimmie has now reached that goal. Just an excellent blues record.
-Michael Buffalo Smith
QUARTERNOTES
The Texas Horns have released Get Here Quick (Severn), and it’s a red hot platter! The Texas Horns are one of the most in-demand horn sections in all of music, for both record- ing and touring. The Horns are Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff on tenor sax, John Mills on baritone sax, and Al Gomez on trumpet. Over the past twenty years, they have played with a virtual who’s who of roots music, and many of these artists show up on Get Here Quick, including folks like Curtis Salgado, Ronnie Earl, John Nemeth, and Carolyn Wonderland, to name just a few. It’s a funky, soulful, sonic delight! Don’t miss it!. . . Southern music shamen Jimbo Mathus is back with Incinerator (Big Legal Mess), dishing up eleven new tracks that find the songwriter trading in his guitar for piano. As always, his songs are snapshots straight out of a Southern life. Al- though he has produced countless albums, Jimbo handed off production duties this time to Bronson Tew and and Drive-By-Truckers bassist Matt Patton at Water Valley, Missis- sippi’s Dial Back Sound. Together, they turn out and outstanding collection of well written tunes filled with warmth and lots of heart. Good stuff. . . Harpdog Brown has a new one called For Love & Money (Doghouse) The Canadian blues man’s new album was pro- duced by JUNO award winner Steve Dawson, who turns in a disc filled with Chicago blues flowing through a New Orleans filter. There are shades of Chess and Sun Records vibes, and sounds reminiscent of everyone from Louis Armstrong to Buddy Guy. The highlight for me is his timeless cover of the classic “Blue Light Boogie,” featuring some awesome New Orleans piano from Dave Webb.Harp- dog’s vocals and harp blowing are stellar. These are some blues you can use. . . Say you like real, honest to God country music? Then you need the new two-disc set The Complete
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