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After years of playing bass with Chicago legends like Muddy Waters and Otis Spann, not to mention a stint in the Soul Train house band (he was also one of the show's producers) and a contribution to the theme of Sanford and Son, Mac Arnold moved back to his South Carolina home. But you can't keep a good bluesman down, and after his friends and neighbors kept asking him to perform, he put together his first band, Mac Arnold & Plate Full o' Blues. The musicians may be neighbors, but they're all first-rate players, and on their third album, produced by another Muddy Waters' alum, Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin, they range from folky love songs and country-blues to Chicago urban sizzlers and blues-rock shuffles. Arnold fronts the band with a warm, bluesy voice somewhere between Waters' shout and the low-down growl of Howlin' Wolf. He leaves most of the music to his bandmates, but they're up to the task. "I Ain't Sugar Coatin'" opens this up with a straightforward sardonic look at modern life, laying down the law to fathers who leave their families amidst rising prices and young men who wear their jeans so low you can see their underpants. Austin Brashier's guitar switches between rhythmic, fuzz-drenched chords and brittle lead lines. Margolin's lead guitar adds some fire to "Too Much," a blues-rock tune that sings the praises of a woman who's just too damn hot. Arnold's shouted vocal is full of gritty sexuality. Arnold's famous for his homemade gas can guitars, instruments that have a surprisingly rich sound despite their humble origin. He plays a killer hook on "Cackalacky Twang," a bouncy dance number then turns in a short, sharp solo that showcases the instrument's high but surprisingly rich, treble-drenched sound. Arnold then does Waters' "Screamin' and Cryin'' country style, with his weathered vocal and Margolin's acoustic guitar taking things back to their roots. The album closes with the instrumental "Swing Me Back Home," and Country Man has just done that. letting the boys in the band show off their chops with Brashier's aggressive, stinging guitar and Arnold's jazzy, inventive bass playing stealing the show.
© j. poet /TiVo
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Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues, Composer, MainArtist - PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP, MusicPublisher
2009 Plantation #1 Productions 2009 PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues, Composer, MainArtist - PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP, MusicPublisher
2009 Plantation #1 Productions 2009 PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues, Composer, MainArtist - PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP, MusicPublisher
2009 Plantation #1 Productions 2009 PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues, Composer, MainArtist - PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP, MusicPublisher
2009 Plantation #1 Productions 2009 PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues, Composer, MainArtist - PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP, MusicPublisher
2009 Plantation #1 Productions 2009 PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues, Composer, MainArtist - PFOB Music, LLC / Bent-Key Music, ASCAP, MusicPublisher
2009 Plantation #1 Productions 2009 PFOB Music, LLC / Bent-Key Music, ASCAP
Robert Miller, Composer - Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues, MainArtist - Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI, MusicPublisher
2009 Plantation #1 Productions 2009 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues, Composer, MainArtist - PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP, MusicPublisher
2009 Plantation #1 Productions 2009 PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues, Composer, MainArtist - PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP, MusicPublisher
2009 Plantation #1 Productions 2009 PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues, Composer, MainArtist - PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP, MusicPublisher
2009 Plantation #1 Productions 2009 PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP
McKinley Morganfield, Composer - Bug Music OBO Watertoons Music, MusicPublisher - Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues, MainArtist
2009 Plantation #1 Productions 2009 Bug Music OBO Watertoons Music
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues, Composer, MainArtist - PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP, MusicPublisher
2009 Plantation #1 Productions 2009 PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues, Composer, MainArtist - PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP, MusicPublisher
2009 Plantation #1 Productions 2009 PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP
Album review
After years of playing bass with Chicago legends like Muddy Waters and Otis Spann, not to mention a stint in the Soul Train house band (he was also one of the show's producers) and a contribution to the theme of Sanford and Son, Mac Arnold moved back to his South Carolina home. But you can't keep a good bluesman down, and after his friends and neighbors kept asking him to perform, he put together his first band, Mac Arnold & Plate Full o' Blues. The musicians may be neighbors, but they're all first-rate players, and on their third album, produced by another Muddy Waters' alum, Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin, they range from folky love songs and country-blues to Chicago urban sizzlers and blues-rock shuffles. Arnold fronts the band with a warm, bluesy voice somewhere between Waters' shout and the low-down growl of Howlin' Wolf. He leaves most of the music to his bandmates, but they're up to the task. "I Ain't Sugar Coatin'" opens this up with a straightforward sardonic look at modern life, laying down the law to fathers who leave their families amidst rising prices and young men who wear their jeans so low you can see their underpants. Austin Brashier's guitar switches between rhythmic, fuzz-drenched chords and brittle lead lines. Margolin's lead guitar adds some fire to "Too Much," a blues-rock tune that sings the praises of a woman who's just too damn hot. Arnold's shouted vocal is full of gritty sexuality. Arnold's famous for his homemade gas can guitars, instruments that have a surprisingly rich sound despite their humble origin. He plays a killer hook on "Cackalacky Twang," a bouncy dance number then turns in a short, sharp solo that showcases the instrument's high but surprisingly rich, treble-drenched sound. Arnold then does Waters' "Screamin' and Cryin'' country style, with his weathered vocal and Margolin's acoustic guitar taking things back to their roots. The album closes with the instrumental "Swing Me Back Home," and Country Man has just done that. letting the boys in the band show off their chops with Brashier's aggressive, stinging guitar and Arnold's jazzy, inventive bass playing stealing the show.
© j. poet /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:01
- Main artists: Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Plantation #1 - VizzTone
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Blues
2009 Plantation #1 Productions 2009 PFOB Music, LLC, ASCAP
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