1-1 	Introduction 	2:04
1-2 	Hideaway 	3:08
1-3 	Lonesome Traveller Blues 	3:30
1-4 	Blues With A Feeling 	6:19
1-5 	You Got Good Business 	6:51
1-6 	Green Onions 	7:49
1-7 	24/7 Blues 	5:05
1-8 	Baby Please Don't Go 	3:59
1-9 	The Money Doesn't Matter 	3:12
1-10 	Strange Brew 	3:38
1-11 	Dallas 	4:39
1-12 	I Just Wanna Make Love To You 	5:52
1-13 	You Need Love 	8:24

2-1 	The Hoochie Coochie Man 	8:21
2-2 	New Old Lady Blues 	4:21
2-3 	Who's Been Talkin' 	7:08
2-4 	Six Strings Down 	5:44
2-5 	Dust My Broom 	5:19
2-6 	Back At The Chicken Shack 	9:26
2-7 	When A Blind Man Cries 	6:48
2-8 	12 Bar Blow Jam 	6:24
2-9 	When A Blind Man Cries (Single Edit) 	5:45

Bass – Bob Daisley
Drums – Rob Grosser
Guitar, Vocals – Tim Gaze
Harmonica – Jim Conway
Keyboards – Jon Lord 
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Special Guest – Jimmy Barnes

Recorded at "The Basement", Sydney, Australia, February 7th 2003

First years of new Millennium Jon Lord met with his new low-profile band (of old guys, including bassist Bob Daisley) Hoochie Coochie Men. No jokes, they play blues standards, using vintage keyboards, in a traditions of British blues of late 60-s.

This album is first new band recording, and it's double CD album, recorded live in Sydney, Australia. From band's name and cover art you can perfectly recognize, what kind of sound you will find inside. Guys play enthusiastic, but extremely simple classic blues tunes, with harmonica, some characteristic Lord's Hammond passages ( too much of cliché) and .... it's all. Plenty of speaking communication with dedicated public makes this release more attractive for heavy fans.

Musically there are myriads of blues musicians, playing that music better. Even in rare moments, when band goes to heavier blues rock, the music sounds as played by good suburb pub band. Guest vocalist is terrible though.

I believe Lord and Co. have fun playing easy and relaxed music. This recording is absolutely collectors item, possibly released for sales during band's live shows ( by the way released in Australia only). Fans can hear Jon playing simple music in informal atmosphere. Nothing else to add. ---snobb, progarchives.com

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01. Back at the Chicken Shack
02. Houchie Couchie Man				play
03. Wishing Well
04. It Never Rains But It Pours
05. Fog On the Highway
06. Lazy							play
07. Walkin’ Blues
08. Way Down in the Hole
09. Houston (Scotland)
10. Respect Yourself
11. When a Blind Man Cries
12. I’m a Man

Jon Lord (Hammond organ), 
Miller Anderson (guitar, vocals), 
Maggie Bell (vocals), 
Zoot Money (keyboards, vocals), 
Colin Hodgkinson (bass, vocals),
Pete York (drums).

Live at Rottweill, Germany on May 14th, 2011

Oh man ....this is really an excellent blues live record that I really enjoy it from start to end, without any signs of getting bored. It's basically a recorded live from the show at Rottweil Jazzfestival on May 14, 2011 and features classic blues songs written by Willie Dixon and Robert Johnson as well as more compositions by Deep Purple, Free and Tom Waits. Since Jon Lord left Deep Purple, I was not following his activities and I am now happy that he is still producing music even though no longer in rock arena. It;s OK. Please don't get surprised why this blues work is featured here. Well, if we look at history, Jon's solo album like Sarabande was actually a progressive music. He is now evolving into blues musician focusing more on Hammond organ backed with other musicians, including legendary drummer Pete York. Listening to this record is to me like a refreshment having listened to many prog albums. Well, in fact I love blues as I have collected many CDs of John Mayall, BB Kings and the rest. This live set opens with a beautiful Hammond organ solo by Jon Lord in "Back At The Chicken Shack" (James O. Smith). This instrument piece is really killing and it has successfully set the overall tone and vibes of the show. There are jazzy piano solo in the middle of the track that is really nice, combined with blues rock guitar work by Miller Anderson. Miller Anderson then take a vocal part on the next track "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon). Again there are great parts of Hammond and piano solo followed nicely with guitar work. Free's "Wishing Well" was sung excellently by Maggie Bell. Her voice that actuailly suits for R&B music sounds really nice here and it gives different sort of experience compared with traditional blues female vocal like Janis Joplin, for example. I can sense good drum playing by Pete York in this track. "It Never Rains But It Pours" starts nicely with piano followed by vocal work by Zoot Money. I like the Hammond organ and guitar work. Well, Jon Lord is still kicking! "Lazy" by Deep Purple has become a legendary track that has grown with me since I was teenager. In fact it was part of my daily routine to play the Made In Japan cassette of Deep Purple as I love this track. The good thing is that this time Jon has completely rearranged the music to suit blues and jazz requirements and he is successful! Don't worry, the song does not radically transform into new totally different track. Rather, Jon is very smart by keeping the opening melody of the track that has been so legendary intact. What happen is that the nice flow of music which then changes smoothly into blues / jazz arena with duet vocal of Maggie Bell and Zoot Money. There is also another great performance of I'm a Man which was popularized by Chicago. The other Deep Purple track is When a Blind Man Cries. Overall, I highly recommend this excellent blues performance by Jon Lord and his band. The performance of all contributors are really excellent. In fact the bass player (Collin Hodgkinson) was given a chance to provide his solo work in Walking Blues. It's a captivating bass guitar solo backed with great applause from the crowd. Keep on proggin' ..! ---Gatot, progarchives.com

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