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These 14 tracks, cut in 1996 when Lockwood was 81 years old, are among the most accessible music that he has ever laid down. Had this record -- with its mix of spare, raw solos and duets juxtaposed with full band pieces that thunder quietly or roar loud and clear -- come out in the late '60s, it might have been as big and important a record as anything cut by Muddy Waters (maybe more, since Waters didn't get to make albums as strong and straightforward as this until the 1970s). Lockwood's playing (accompanied by B.B. King on two tracks) on six- or 12-string, electric or acoustic, is bold yet articulate. His singing is unrivaled, recalling Waters at his late-career peak in expressiveness if not power. The band backing him up really rocks, especially Richard Smith's electric bass, which anchors the rhythm section. Most of the tracks are Lockwood originals, juxtaposed with new interpretations of songs by Robert Johnson, Roosevelt Sykes, Leroy Carr, et al., but his numbers don't suffer at all from the presence of those classics.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Robert Leroy Johnson, ComposerLyricist - John Snyder, Producer - Robert Lockwood, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Lockwood, Jr., MainArtist
℗ 1997 Decca Records France
Richard Smith, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - John Snyder, Producer - Robert Lockwood, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Louis Walker, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Lockwood, Jr., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wallace Coleman, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Carnes, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Gator Hoare, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Records France
Richard Smith, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - John Snyder, Producer - Robert Lockwood, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Lockwood, Jr., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Charles Carnes, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Gator Hoare, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Records France
Roosevelt Sykes, ComposerLyricist - John Snyder, Producer - Robert Lockwood, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Louis Walker, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Lockwood, Jr., MainArtist
℗ 1997 Decca Records France
B.B. King, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Smith, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - John Snyder, Producer - Robert Lockwood, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Lockwood, Jr., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Charles Carnes, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Gator Hoare, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Young Robert Red Top, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Records France
Roosevelt Sykes, ComposerLyricist - John Snyder, Producer - Robert Lockwood, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Lockwood, Jr., MainArtist
℗ 1997 Decca Records France
Shuggie Otis, ComposerLyricist - Richard Smith, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Otis, ComposerLyricist - Charles Brown, ComposerLyricist - John Snyder, Producer - Robert Lockwood, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Lockwood, Jr., MainArtist - Wallace Coleman, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Gator Hoare, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Records France
John Snyder, Producer - Robert Lockwood, Jr., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Decca Records France
Richard Smith, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - John Snyder, Producer - Robert Lockwood, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Lockwood, Jr., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wallace Coleman, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Carnes, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Gator Hoare, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Records France
Richard Smith, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - John Snyder, Producer - Leroy Carr, ComposerLyricist - Robert Lockwood, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Louis Walker, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Lockwood, Jr., MainArtist - Wallace Coleman, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Records France
Robert Johnson, ComposerLyricist - John Snyder, Producer - Robert Lockwood, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Lockwood, Jr., MainArtist
℗ 1997 Decca Records France
Richard Smith, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - John Snyder, Producer - Peter Chatman, ComposerLyricist - Robert Lockwood, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Lockwood, Jr., MainArtist - Jimmy Gator Hoare, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Young Robert Red Top, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Records France
B.B. King, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Snyder, Producer - Robert Lockwood, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Lockwood, Jr., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Decca Records France
Richard Smith, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - John Snyder, Producer - Robert Lockwood, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Gayten, ComposerLyricist - Robert Lockwood, Jr., MainArtist - Charles Carnes, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Gator Hoare, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Young Robert Red Top, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Records France
Album review
These 14 tracks, cut in 1996 when Lockwood was 81 years old, are among the most accessible music that he has ever laid down. Had this record -- with its mix of spare, raw solos and duets juxtaposed with full band pieces that thunder quietly or roar loud and clear -- come out in the late '60s, it might have been as big and important a record as anything cut by Muddy Waters (maybe more, since Waters didn't get to make albums as strong and straightforward as this until the 1970s). Lockwood's playing (accompanied by B.B. King on two tracks) on six- or 12-string, electric or acoustic, is bold yet articulate. His singing is unrivaled, recalling Waters at his late-career peak in expressiveness if not power. The band backing him up really rocks, especially Richard Smith's electric bass, which anchors the rhythm section. Most of the tracks are Lockwood originals, juxtaposed with new interpretations of songs by Robert Johnson, Roosevelt Sykes, Leroy Carr, et al., but his numbers don't suffer at all from the presence of those classics.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:35
- Main artists: Robert Lockwood Jr.
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Music Division Decca Records France
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Blues
© 1997 Universal Music Jazz France ℗ 1997 Decca Records France
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