Johnnie Bassett - I Gave My Life To The Blues (1996)

01 	I'll Get Over You	6:35
02 	Mean Feeling	5:37
03 	Drink Muddy Water 	3:16
04 	Blowing The Horn	3:14
05 	I Love A Good Woman (But I Like The Bad Ones Too)	3:29
06 	If The Shoe Is On The Other Foot	4:57
07 	Too Hot Too Trot	3:01
08 	They Call Me Lucky	4:38
09 	Weed Head Woman	5:21
10 	Same Ol' Blues	5:08
11 	Tired Of Waiting	3:52
12 	Mercedes Woman	5:00
13 	Double Dealing	4:07
14 	I Gave My Life To The Blues	4:55

Drums – R.J. Spangler
Guitar – Johnnie Bassett
Organ – Chris Codish
Piano – Chris Codish (tracks: 09)
Saxophone [Alt] – Keith Kaminski, Scott Petersen
Saxophone [Tenor] – Keith Kaminski, Scott Petersen
Trumpet – Dwight Adams
Vocals – Johnnie Bassett

An excellent disc all around, available domestically and at domestic prices. The band is in a solid groove with the usual stomps, shuffles, good-time funk and delicious slow blues. During the last few years, Bassett has begun to sound less like '60s-era B.B. King and on this disc he seems to come into full bloom. The band, too, is full of first-class musicians. They draw from disperate sources and concentrate on laying down a tight foundation which lovingly supports Bassett's inventive single-string leads and chordal rhythm guitar work. In this day of gadgets and floor boxes, his sound is refreshingly clean and uncluttered and a pleasure to listen to. If you like straight-ahead electric blues, you can't go wrong with this disc. ---Sigmund Finman, AllMusic Review

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