Big George Brock - Live At Seventy Five (2007)

                                                               Big George Brock
Big George Brock is a man who does things big. Too fond of the good life to be a professional boxer, in a career break he made Sonny Liston tumble to the ground in the second round, the title of his second album on Cat Head. George loves children and it is no coincidence that he gave birth to 42 with 15 different ladies, however far from the Screamin 'record Jay Hawkins: 55 children with an unknown number of ladies. Manager of clubs for many years, including the legendary Club Caravan - another title of one of his discs - in St. Louis, Big George has kept a little aside as a musician while regularly meeting many other bluesmen including Muddy Waters, which it definitely resembles. This is the fundamental point of his music; how Muddy manages to sing into the rhythm while the two guitarists present here, Riley Coatie Sr. and Billy Abel innervate the melodies with a rhythmic work broken up and chipped solo parts. Riley Coatie Jr. bombards it all with frequent rolls in collaboration with bassist Barry Bays. It is a Blues as you no longer feel it: the initial "Cut you loose" refers to times gone by that we assumed could not return. Big George Brock launches with the harmonica in what is perhaps the topical moment of the CD, "M for Mississippi", with only the battery behind. Pure magic. Telling the beauty of art is not easy, nor correct so you are invited to familiarize yourself with the Blues of this genius, because it is such, and with the work of the Cat Head company, which not only makes music but also art objects originals from Mississippi and more. The boss without a tie and a hot blue shirt, Roger Stolle, risks going into the history of the Blues without hesitation. Difficult to find better around.


Credits:

Barry Bays - Bass  
Riley Coatie Jr. - Drums  
Bill Abel - Guitar   
Riley Coatie Sr. - Guitar  
Big George Brock - Vocals, Harmonica  

Tracklist:

01. Intro by KFFA's Sonny Payne 00:35
02. Cut You Loose 04:56
03. M For Mississippi 05:05
04. Fourty-Four Blues 05:15
05. All Night Long 06:35
06. Everything's Gonna Be Alright 06:35
07. No No Baby 04:25
08. Short Dress Woman 06:35
09. Bring The Blues Back Home 04:42
10. Call Me A Lover/Down South 05:45
11. Jody 06:01