Back to the Country

Snooky Pryor, Johnny Shines | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 29, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blind Pig
• ASIN: B000000N7U
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #302,959 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #79 in Music > Indie Music > Blues > Delta Blues

Editorial Reviews

From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD

By no means are Shines and Pryor dotards looking back with teary eyes. The blues' emotional dualities-sadness leavened with humor, warmth caught up in despair, pride alongside disquiet-are keenly reflected by fifteen country blues the two recorded earlier this decade. Granted their facility isn't what it once was, yet Shines the singer and Pryor the harp player/vocalist, J.O.B. labelmates forty years ago in Chicago, still employ tonal modulations, phrasing, and space with special knowledge-and no one has interpreted Robert Johnson songs as knowingly as Mr. Shines (four examples here). That's John Nicholas and Kent Du Shane ably filling in for poststroke. Shines on guitar. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Nice Match Up!!!, November 30, 2002

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peter krampert (eharmonica.net) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Back to the Country (Audio CD)

Johnny Shines and Snooky Pryor are two veteran acoustic Bluesmen who have been making great music for over a hundred years betwwen the two of them. This CD is no exception. Together the two really shine.

The music is straight-forward Delta Blues with Shines on vocals and Pryor on harmonica. With the help of John Nicholas on guitar this recording will be a delight for any Delta Blues fan. The music is mostly Blues standards with a few Shines and pryor originals thrown in for good measure. The overalll feeling is nice and comfortable.