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Another one of those great albums that you could simply say GREAT when reviewing it. While this is extremely accurate, there is a bit more to be said about this. Billy Lavender is called 'Memphisser' and is a rich, powerful guitarist with bass strings on the bottom and sound and has been doing this for over 40 years. Somehow, it feels like he fulfilled some kind of dream with this “Memphis Livin’” album. He has a very well packaged Blues album here, full of different types of blues including soul.
He is with his friends and Steve Bryson of I55 Productions LLC, their were geniuses and played local music like guitarists Brad Webb, Reba Russell, harmony player Blind Mississippi Morris, organist Russell Wheeler and all the others, mentioned below, this expressive album was released. This means: This diversity allows you to see outside the box and get to know and better understand different styles and varieties. And just listening you can feel the fun and joy of all the musicians playing together.
The album is enhanced by the sophisticated guitar work on all 14 tracks, with Lavender and Brad Webb complementing each other very well. Billy Lavender participates in both original songs and projects, with a variety of pieces and great diversity, which makes this CD exceptional. It's already on the ground, it's in Europe, there's no blues world in Memphis, so you can hear it at this musical level.
The CD started with a title, which initially reminds me of Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band. A normality of things related to Bluesttrack. Tony Adams' great blues voice, a masterclass of female backing vocals and also Brad Webb's slide guitar make this piece shine in a blues light so bright it leaves you dizzy.
This shows the quality of the CD, which lasts until the last note. "Let's Party" was released as Blues Shuffle. I remember the R'n'R track by Rebecca Russell and Wanda Jackson, "Let's Have A Party", also thanks to that great voice. And the music has even more: there is powerful harmonica played by Blind Mississippi Morris, the Hammond organ by Russell Wheeler and an action - Billy Lavender on guitar. Highlighting an individual here would be other unused songs. Very strong music!
In "Tonight", Ken Dinkins sings with his impressive and soulful voice to the magic of Billy Lavender's guitar. Brad Webb plays bass and bass with Russell Wheeler's B-3 organ. And damn, bring the music brings a third style to the race.
Grooving funky, also something new and instrumental, now you can relax for three minutes and fifteen seconds. More or less dominant, Vince Johnson on harmonica and Mike Stoker on bass. Good to hear and enjoy.
Vince Johnson continues his great harmonica on "Cold As Ice", "...your love is cold, Baby, ..." reminds me a lot of "Stormy Monday Blues". Here, however, there is so much harmonica that it melts all the ice and is sung with such passion by the player himself. Billy Lavender spoke with beautiful solos enriching this title once again. An iridescent part.
"Get Along" is a real banger, it really rocks, Russell Wheeler without piano, sung in the style of Jerry Lee Lewis and Billy Lavender and also the singing, as well as playing the guitar.
And now it's better: In addition to Reba Russell's great vocals on this ballad (“Blue”), you can hear Brad Webb on sitar. Dan Cochran spoke the bass, which stands out very pleasantly. There is also the possibility of major trauma, which can also be achieved over the course of several minutes, while the second part of the story ends very smoothly. This sadness lasts for a short time, and Vince Johnson also combines it with the harmonica and singing. And he honks the horn again, saying it's a real joy. And Lavender is not inferior to him on the guitar. There's a quick blues change in the middle, before there's another really good, great ballad, "Bottom Line", again featuring Reba Russell, who fits the ballad perfectly vocally. The organ is softly in the background, the guitars of Lavender (6 + 12 strings) and B.Webb (baritone guitar) do not stand out significantly in the foreground; here is the voice, the gently convinced one.
“Bad Boy” is played in a funky, rocking way. The world's fastest son, Tony Adams, sang here with strong encouragement-and the title was registered for his encouragement. I don't need to say anything about Billy Lavender's left-handed guitar playing, that speaks for itself!!
Soulful is in Memphis-Land, Vince Johnson in Barry White's vocal style, he has a great horn, B. Webb and B. Lavender which is not guitar, and at 3:00 in Memphis-Land. What about everyone who is a woman? She seems to deserve it. Nice and easy, at a medium pace and it's already six minutes after 3am.
“All The People” sounds like the Beatles, Lavender’s vocals are a mix of John, Paul and George and with “If I Could” he goes even better. This would easily pass off as a Beatles stunt double to me. Short and slightly more superficial music tracks, well, the messages are important too - "...every person in the world needs love...", that's right!
The ending is a really dirty, dirty blues, dragged through the swamp. In addition to Tony Adams, Billy Lavender tightens all the strings on the guitar again, it hums and crackles when I turn up the volume. The man can't seem to pull himself together anymore... and suddenly it all ends, just like that. A low hissing sound comes from the speakers, my index finger points to the play button and... let's start again!
It was, I must say, great, simply successful, the role!
320 kbps
133 Megabytes
Credits:
Billy Lavender - Rhythm Guitar/Lead Guitar
Reba Russell - Vocals
Brad Webb - Slide Guitar, Backup Vocals
Blind Mississippi Morris - Harmonica
Tony Adams - Vocals, Percussion
Dan Cochran - Bass
Vince Johnson - Harmonica, Backup Vocals
Maria Spence - Backup Vocals
Mike Stoker - Bass
Russell Wheeler - B-3 Organ
JoJo Jeffries - Backup Vocals
Tracklist:
01. Singin The Blues 04:10
02. Let’s Party 02:56
03. Tonight 05:42
04. Just Chillin’ 03:15
05. Cold As Ice 06:06
06. Get Along 02:04
07. Blue 05:15
08. Shake It 03:55
09. Bottom Line 03:41
10. Bad Boy 04:56
11. 3AM 05:57
12. All The People 02:30
13. If I Could 01:43
14. Delta Time 05:21
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