Beware of the Dog [Live]

Hound Dog Taylor, Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Alligator Records
• ASIN: B0000009XD
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,338 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #12 in Music > Indie Music > Blues > Chicago Blues
  • #19 in Music > Indie Music > Blues > Electric Blues Guitar
  • #92 in Music > Blues > Slide Guitar

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Captures the Raucous Rawness, March 6, 2006

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D. Kover (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beware of the Dog (Audio CD)

The most famous Hound Dog Taylor quote was: "When I die, they'll say: 'He couldn't play sh*t, but he sure made it sound good.'" This is a man who understands his appeal. Taylor played a beat-up guitar, and he cranked on the thing, playing distorted, screeching notes. But god, it DID sound good. And as the quote implies, he had the personality to go with the raucous, raw music that he played. Which is why this album is so good. It's live, so you can hear the sound imperfections, the screaming crowd, and Taylor's off-kilter banter and sense of humor. And that's probably the perfect way to listen to Taylor. To put it all another way: He plays a version of "She'll Be Coming 'round the Mountain" that makes you want to get up and dance.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hound Dog's best, narrowly, June 27, 1998

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John MacLeod "observer" (Guelph, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beware of the Dog (Audio CD)

Hound Dog's albums are all much of a piece: raw, stripped-down, exuberant "punk blues" that lack finesse but have feeling to burn. If pressed, I'd pick this one as his finest, because he and the HouseRockers ironically get a fuller and more powerful sound outside the studio -- this is a live album -- and, in the interplay between the tiny club audience and The Man, you can hear how much pure and simple joy he derived from his work. And, by returning that uplifting energy through his music, he was elevated to greatness.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Houserockers' very best album, September 22, 2001

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JEAN-MARIE JUIF (BESANCON France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beware of the Dog (Audio CD)

Hound Dog Taylor (1916-1975),the six fingered man (yes,just look at the picture,he really got six fingers on the left hand !) was a giant of the Chicago blues.His guitar playing and his singing mostly remind of Elmore James.Here he is recorded live with his Houserockers, Ted Harvey on drums and Brewer Phillips on bass,at the Northwestern University of Evanston,Ill,and at the Smiling Dog Saloon,Cleveland,in 1974.Great versions of Elmore James' classics,"dust my broom" and "the sun is shining",and awesome originals like "kitchen sink boogie","let's get funky" (remember Magic Sam ?) or "it's allright". Hound Dog is one of the very underrated great Chicago bluesman, with J.B.Hutto.Let's have a ball with him now !