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Reviewer: John Fitzgerald, Human resources staff database assistant May 29, 2001 5 of the 8 recordings Bob Brunning plays on from this record also have been released on
the "Chicago blues" album. The three that only appear here are good ones though, "One
room country shack" is a slow blues punctuated by some thumping drum rolls and two
instrumentals, the upbeat "Honky tonk" and the funky groove of "Cleo's gone". The other
five are nothing to overlook either although for some bizarre reason, the three that start
side one are all slow blues ("Take a walk" (which is billed as "Take a walk with me" on
"Chicago blues" but it is the same recording), "You're sweet" & "Mean red spider")
which, although well done, doesn't say much for the sequencing process. The title track is
shockingly graphic in it's lyrical content and although it doesn't say so on this release, it
does state on "Chicago blues" that this track is "not suitable for airplay" but the less prude
listener will get a chuckle or two from this number. Overall, this good sounding lean but
not overpowering traditional electric guitar driven Chicago style platter has an intimate
live setting one can nestle into nicely.
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