Bayou Blood

Kenny Neal | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: November 30, 1991
• Label: Alligator Records
• Copyright: 1992 Alligator Records & Artist Management, Inc.
• Total Length: 55:52
• Genres: Blues/Chicago Blues, Blues/Contemporary Blues, Blues/Electric Blues Guitar, Blues/Modern Blues, Blues/Regional Blues
• ASIN: B000QQTQBC
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201,335 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some chooglin' good stuff!, April 7, 2001

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Dr.D.Treharne (Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bayou Blood (Audio CD)

This is an excellent example of Kenny Neal's downhome blues. Recorded in Florida with his road band at the time, which included the much under-rated Lucky Peterson on keyboards, Ken Johnson on drums and either Noel or Darnell Neal on bass ( best to keep it in the family!) it displays the width of Neal's many styles.Favourites are "That knife don't cut no more" in which he gets to stretch out and "Do I have to go that far?" Apart from some second guitar from Pat Rush on "Going to the Country" the album sounds pretty much like the band on the road did at the time. Finally, special mention for two excellent cover versions which to my mind transcend the originals, namely "I can read between the lines" and Chris Youlden's "You aint foolin me". Close your eyes and the band are there playing for you!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Kenny, July 30, 2005

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Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bayou Blood (Audio CD)

Kenny Neal's fourth album was his best so far. The first half is particularly solid, tough, sturdy swamp blues and gritty R&B, and some excellent harp and guitar playing by Kenny Neal himself.

Neal has been one of the greatest American blues and rock singers for 15 years, and his powerful baritone voice is at once soulful and rough.

Some may regret that the horn section which backed Kenny Neal on his previous records is largely gone, while some may relish the fact. Me, I like it either way, and Neal's harmonica playing on this album is particularly excellent.

The swaggering "Gonna Put You Out Of My Misery" and the slow grind of "That Knife Don't Cut No More" are among his best songs, and other highlights include "Howling At The Moon", "Right Train, Wrong Track", and the excellent harp-laden "Do I Have To Go That Far".

The first eight songs are uniformly strong, actually, but the album loses a bit of steam towards the end with a few too many similarly sounding and not particularly memorable numbers. They're not bad, far from it, actually, but coming right on the heels of "Do I Have To Go That Far" even good songs like "I Can Read Between The Lies" and "Big City Ways" sound a little bit stale.

But still...second-rate Kenny Neal is better than many artists' best efforts, and while a ten-track "Bayou Blood" would have been a sure five-star album, this 14-track incarnation is pretty great as well.

5.0 out of 5 stars MP3 download, January 6, 2012

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Walt (WJ Keeler) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bayou Blood (MP3 Download)

This was an MP3 download and it was great to review the songs prior to purchasing the album. Good one to listen too. The download was fast easy and simple.