From Austin With Soul

W. C. Clark | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 23, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Alligator Records
• ASIN: B000064197
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,978 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A SOUL/BLUES MAN YA JUST GOTTA HEAR!, September 8, 2002

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Patrick Earley (Edmond, Oklahoma USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From Austin With Soul (Audio CD)

When it comes to soul, it doesn't get much better than this Austin, Tx. native and international legend. I guess 40 years of experience has finally paid off with Alligator Records having the good taste to sign Clark. This new album is a great start for Clark to get even wider exposure, because this cd has got some amazing soul-stirring blues that need to be heard. The kind that should appeal to the masses. Clark went out and hired some of the best Texas boys and girls he could find to back him up here. Try Pat Boyack and Derek O'Brien on guitars, along with Riley Osborne and Marcia Ball on keyboards and vocals. And the Texas horns starring Mark Kaz Kazanoff for good measure. These kind of outstanding artists are simply not capable of making a bad blues record. And it looks like Alligator spared no expense in hiring the best. In the end though, it's the songs that count. This set contains some of the best material of Clark's career. All you have to do is go down to track 2 with "Midnight Hour Blues". This is a rocking great song that comes right out of the old Chess Records songbook and features Pat Boyack backing Clark on guitar. Go down to track 4 with Don't Mess Up A Good Thing, a great jumping shuffle that features the excellent Marcia Ball on piano and a kind of Ike 'n' Tina vocal exchange between Ball and Clark. You also get a very good reading of the old Bobby Bland song "Got Me Where You Want Me". And a great straight up blues number "Let It Rain" with Derek O'Brien on rhythm guitar, and diplays Clark as not only an excellent vocalist, but also a real blues guitar master. But the highlight for me here is the soul burner "How Long Is A Heartache Suppose To Last". Wow! This song is simply outstanding. Clark pulls out all the stops on this powerful and very emotional song that utilizes the Texas horns to great effect, and also some very strong pounding of the keys. This is a slow tune that builds up to a kind of Otis Redding Try A Little Tenderness type frenzy of an ending. It just doesn't get any better than this one. It's my favorite blues song of the year. This, along with many of these other tunes stay in your head long after you hear them. This cd is a winner, and quite possibly a candidate to win Clark his second W.C. Handy Award for best blues album of the year. It's that good folks. Jump on this one!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't get songs out of my head, June 18, 2002

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Theocacao (Fayetteville, AR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From Austin With Soul (Audio CD)

W.C.'s lyrics and style stick with me in my head all day long. I find myself hearing the songs long after I have turned off the player. They speak to the heart and soul. This is definitely a CD worth having!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Intensive Listening, July 12, 2002

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Steve Walker (Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From Austin With Soul (Audio CD)

For those who are looking for blues that wont get you down this is is the intro for you. Really something to play along to on wet Sundays

I dont write reviews but this I recoomend