Big Lonesome Radio

Mark Lemhouse | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2002)
• Original Release Date: October 17, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Yellow Dog Records
• ASIN: B00006ZGWZ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,450 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Blues Revue, March/April 2003

There's not a single iota of pseudo-blues here... should give blues lovers hope for the future of the genre.

Mark Lemhouse's debut release reveals not only a gifted songwriter and soulful, bourbon-drenched vocalist but stellar guitarist as well...

Excellent, atmospheric amalgam of rockabilly, gipsy music and Mississippi hill-country blues...

Product Description

Mark Lemhouse's debut release delivers string-strangling, gut-rocking blues ecstasy. Lemhouse reaches into a wicked toolbox - containing resonator chainsaw, electric tube-amp machete and bottleneck auger - to uproot blues tradition with a vandal's glee.yellow dog.2004.

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Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Freshest I've heard in a long time..., March 18, 2004

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J. Scott Moore (Longmont, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Lonesome Radio (Audio CD)

I can't get over how good it is! If you like reso guitar, you gotta hear this! This is an update, I goofed, I should have given it 5 STARS!!!!

Lemhouse kicks it off with a fantastic version of Tampa Red's "Can't Get That Stuff No More." The production has a nice vintage sound to it. The original doesn't have bass or drums and this updated version has great accompaniment work, perfect for this song. Lemhouse's vocals have just the right amount of growl.

Many of these tunes are pretty traditional even if he does crank it up and distort it at times or by adding other instrumentation. Many of these songs were solo pieces in their original form but Lemhouse keeps the accompaniment sparse and tasty.

Some covers on the disc seem to be perfectly suited for Lemhouse, though you wouldn't think so to look at the titles. A testament to Lemhouse's ability to translate a song. Notable is a rip-roarin' version of Tom Waits, "No One Can Forgive Me But My Baby" and a rockabilly tune by Charlie Feathers, "One Hand Loose".

If you think rockabilly on reso is out of left field, listen to Jealous Moon and Edwin's Lament. This is where it starts to get weird, in a good way, when he starts swinging a song or two and one of them is even a Tango.

Some of the strongest songs on this CD are Lemhouse's own compositions, including Edwin's Lament and Electra 225.

This is just a great blues effort. Somehow it's bare bones and at the same time it has a very big sound. Mostly guitar, bass and drums, this disc is just raw blues. It swings, it jams and Lemhouse really knows how to play slide guitar. Buy it!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Joel Krakowsky, March 8, 2004

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Joel Krakowsky (Fredericksburg, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Lonesome Radio (Audio CD)

Simply put, one of the best pure blues albums I have heard in quite a while. Mark Lemhouse covers a range of styles so the CD keeps suprising you while you listen. I noticed that Amazon is offering a couple of free MP3 tracks to download so don't take my word for it. Download the music, give a listen and then throw a copy in your checkout cart.