01. Can We Get Together 03:20
02. One Woman I Need 03:14
03. Tryin' To Get Back On My Feet 02:47
04. Rambling Woman 03:00
05. Some Sunny Day 02:42
06. Going My Way? 04:47
07. The Last Tune 02:37
08. Don't Turn This Child Away From Heaven 03:51
09. Hoodoo Party 03:31
10. Toss And Turn 02:45
11. Jungle 03:43
12. I Need To Know 03:17
13. Crutch And Cane 03:56

Anson Funderburgh (vocals, guitar)
Sam Myers (vocals, harmonica)
Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone)
John H.R. Mills (baritone saxophone)
Gary Slechta (trumpet)
Gentleman John Street (piano)
Eric Mathew Przygocki, John Bradley (acoustic bass)
Wes Starr (drums, percussion)

On his second outing on Bullseye, bluesman Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets deliver a solid album. "Can We Get Together" offers a spunky lead track with Sam Myers on vocals and the Texas Horns adding an extra bit of pizzazz. Funderburgh offers one of his rare vocals on "One Women I Need," a nice ballad with Gentleman John Street's piano and organ providing an atmospheric backdrop. The instrumental "Going My Way?" gives Funderburgh, Street, drummer Wes Starr, and bassist Johnny Bradley a chance to kick out the jams, while the band pays its dues to classic blues on good versions of Johnny Walker's "Rambling Woman" and B.B. King/Joe Josea's "Jungle." The album kicks into high gear on upbeat renditions of Sonny Boy Williamson's "Tryin' to Get Back on My Feet" and Tabby Thomas/Mark Dee's boogie-friendly "Hoodoo Party." Both of these benefit from spry guitar and piano work, and Meyers' exuberant vocal. Overall, the album also benefits from tight ensemble playing, a quality that undoubtedly comes from spending 300 days a year on the road together. For fans of Funderburgh's previous albums, and for anyone who enjoys electric blues, Which Way Is Texas? will prove a pleasing purchase. --- Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr., Rovi

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1. True Love
2. Suggestion Blues
3. Life Problem
4. Everything's Gonna Be Alright
5. Hep Cats in Big Town
6. What's Wrong, What's Wrong?
7. My Heart Cries Out for You
8. Poor Little Angel Child
9. Wee Wee Hours
10. Take Me Where You Go
11. Tomorrow Will Find Me the Same Way
12. My Love Is Here to Stay

Anson Funderburgh - Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Producer
Rory McLeod - Bass (Electric), Bass (Upright)
Sam Myers - Harmonica, Vocals
Doug Rynack - Piano
Wes Starr - Drum, Drums

Young Texas guitarist Anson Funderburgh and veteran harpist Sam Myers got along so well during the making of this fine set that they got their act together and took it on the road. Happily, it remains there, with Myers deftly fronting Funderburgh's Rockets. Myers's booming voice and rocking harp and Funderburgh's crisp, tradition-laden lead guitar mesh beautifully here -- the disc features brash remakes of Myers's past triumphs "My Love Is Here to Stay" and "Poor Little Angel Child" and a host of fresh titles. ---Bill Dahl, Rovi

This is the first pairing of the legendary blues duo on record in 1985. And, the title of this album is chiseled into the late Sam Myers headstone. Fate would have it that Anson asked Sam to sit in one night when Funderburgh and the Rockets were playing one of Sam's favorite joints, The George Street Grocery in Jackson, Mississippi. The rest, as they say, is history. ---amazon.com

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1 Sidetracked 	5:47 	
2 Understand 	4:12 	
3 Ways Of Man 	4:20 	
4 It's You 	4:15 	
5 Turning My Life Around 	4:14 	
6 Peace Of Mind 	5:29 	
7 Empty Arms 	3:28 	
8 Wild Cherry 	3:14 	
9 Tell Me What I Want To Hear 	4:37 	
10 The Drifter 	3:44 	
11 Everything's Gonna Be Alright 	5:58 	
12 Shedding Tears Of Laughter 	5:06 	
13 Trying To Make You Mine 	4:37 	
14 Make A Little Love Tonight 	4:33 	
15 Backstroke 	4:45

Anson Funderburgh - Composer, Guitar
Sam Myers - Composer, Harmonica, Vocals
Danny Cochran 	- Composer, Drums
Carl Leyland – Piano
Pat Whitefield -	Bass

In recent years, Dallas-based guitarist Anson Funderburgh has taken his band the Rockets out of the clubs and onto the festival stages with his critically acclaimed recordings for the BlackTop label out of New Orleans. With Jackson, MS-native Sam Myers delivering the vocals and harmonica treatments, this band mixes up a powerful gumbo of Texas jump blues and Delta blues that can't be found anywhere else. Funderburgh & His Rockets are a particularly hard working band, performing across the U.S. and Europe nearly 300 nights a year. Funderburgh was born November 15, 1954, and got hooked on the blues when he got his first guitar at age seven or eight. His first musical experiences happened in the clubs in Dallas. He developed his team approach to blues music while learning from the likes of Freddie King, Jimmy Reed, and Albert Collins when these great bluesmen were passing through Dallas-area clubs, but Funderburgh had already taught himself guitar mostly from listening to classic blues records. He never had the chance to see Muddy Waters, but he did get to play with Lightnin' Hopkins in the late '70s. Funderburgh formed the Rockets in 1978, but didn't meet Sam Myers until 1982.

Funderburgh recorded with the Fabulous Thunderbirds on their Butt Rockin' album, and went solo in 1981, when the New Orleans-based BlackTop label released Talk to You by Hand, the label's first release. Funderburgh added Myers on harmonica and lead vocals in 1986. Myers had traveled for years on the chitlin circuit, where he had the chance to accompany people like Elmore James and Robert Junior Lockwood. Funderburgh admits that adding Myers on vocals and harmonica was a turning point for the Rockets, partly because of the image they project from the stage, a big towering black man and three white guys backing him up. Funderburgh continued his association in the '90s with Black Top releasing Tell Me What I Want to Hear (1991), Live at Grand Emporium (1995), and That's What They Want (1997). After releasing nine albums on Black Top, in 1999 Funderburgh changed record labels with the release of Change in my Pocket for Bullseye Blues. At the beginning of the new millennium, Funderburgh is just coming into his prime by way of his songwriting talents, so his career deserves close watching in the coming years. The best is yet to come from this guitarist and bandleader. ---Richard Skelly, All Music Guide

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01. Tell Me What Have I Done Wrong? (3:05)
02. Since We've Been Together (3:20)
03. Rack 'Em Up (2:17)                    play
04. Mama and Papa (2:42)
05. 20 Miles (3:06)
06. Hold That Train, Conductor (4:19)     play
07. I'm Your Professor (2:47)
08. I'll Keep on Trying (2:55)
09. All Your Love (3:30)
10. Are You Out There (3:30)
11. Lemonade (3:32)
12. Mean Streak (2:31)

Personnel:
Sam Myers - Harmonica & Vocals
Anson Funderburgh - Guitar
Matt McCabe - Piano
Mike Judge - Bass
Marc Wilson - Drums
Ron Levy - Organ (6,12)
Tater Britches - Rhythm Guitar (3)
Mark Kazanoff, Grady Gaines, John Selzer – Horns

Anson Funderburgh (born James Anson Funderburgh, November 14, 1954, Plano, Texas) is an American blues guitar player and bandleader of Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets since 1978. Their style incorporates both Chicago blues and Texas blues.

Rack 'Em Up is a straightforward blues album that demonstrates Anson Funderburgh's affection for the Texas shuffle. Nobody on the album, whether it's Funderburgh or the Kamikaze Horns, overplays their hand and it delivers the goods efficiently although without flair. ~ Thom Owens

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01. Lookin' The World Over  3.27
02. Oh-Oh  2.36                     play
03. The Last Time Around  3.24
04. Monkey Around  3.05
05. That's What They Want  3.41
06. The Dew is Falling  3.36
07. Mudslide  4:06
08. I Don't Play  2.17
09. I Don't Want You Cutting Off Your Hair  4.45
10. Don't Quit The One You Love For Me  3.42
11. I've Been Dogged By Women  3.36
12. The Meanest Woman  3.47
13. I'm Shakin'  3.23               play


Kevin McKendree; Piano, Organ (Hammond)    
Riley Osborne; Piano
Jeff Sarli; Bass    
Wes Starr; Percussion, Drums
Anson Funderburgh; Guitar, Main Performer, Organ (Hammond)  
Sam Myers; Harmonica, Vocals,  Performer

In recent years, Dallas-based guitarist Anson Funderburgh has taken his band the Rockets out of the clubs and onto the festival stages with his critically acclaimed recordings for the BlackTop label out of New Orleans. With Jackson, MS-native Sam Myers delivering the vocals and harmonica treatments, this band mixes up a powerful gumbo of Texas jump blues and Delta blues that can't be found anywhere else. Funderburgh and his Rockets are a particularly hard working band, performing across the U.S. and Europe nearly 300 nights a year.

Funderburgh was born November 15, 1954, and got hooked on the blues when he got his first guitar at age seven or eight. His first musical experiences happened in the clubs in Dallas. He developed his team approach to blues music while learning from the likes of Freddie King, Jimmy Reed and Albert Collins when these great bluesmen were passing through Dallas-area clubs, but Funderburgh had already taught himself guitar mostly from listening to classic blues records. He never had the chance to see Muddy Waters, but he did get to play with Lightnin' Hopkins in the late '70s. Funderburgh formed the Rockets in 1978, but didn't meet Sam Myers until 1982. Funderburgh recorded with the Fabulous Thunderbirds on their Butt Rockin' album, and went solo in 1981, when the New Orleans-based BlackTop label released Talk to You by Hand, the label's first release. Funderburgh added Myers on harmonica and lead vocals in 1986. Myers had traveled for years on the chitlin circuit, where he had the chance to accompany people like Elmore James and Robert Junior Lockwood. Funderburgh admits that adding Myers on vocals and harmonica was a turning point for the Rockets, partly because of the image they project from the stage, a big towering Black man and three White guys backing him up. Funderburgh continued his association in the 90's with Black Top releasing Tell Me What I Want to Hear (91), Live at Grand Emporium (95), and That's What They Want (97). After releasing 9 albums on Black Top, in 1999 Funderburgh changed record labels with the release of Change in my Pocket for Bullseye Blues. At the beginning of the new millennium, Funderburgh is just coming into his prime by way of his songwriting talents, so his career deserves close watching in the coming years. The best is yet to come from this guitarist and bandleader. --Richard Skelly & Al Campbell.

The blues-oriented team of Anson Funderburgh and Sam Myers is a powerful and appealing combination. While Myers takes shouting, easy-to-understand and accessible vocals on most of the selections of this release (in addition to playing a bit of harmonica), the main reason to acquire the set is for Funderburgh's exciting guitar work. His showcase on the instrumental blues "Mudslide" is a definite high point. In addition, Kevin McKendree (who is best on organ) is a strong asset to the rhythm section and takes many fine solos of his own. Although each of the 13 selections on the Alligator disc is concise (clocking in between 2:18 and 4:47 with only two songs being over four minutes), the performances are quite complete and do not exit prematurely (nor overstay their welcome). The well-paced set is easily recommended to blues collectors and jazz fans who enjoy hearing a passionate and skilled guitarist. --Scott Yanow.

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