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Blue Again!

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If you are a fan of the early Mac and the sounds of Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwin, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood, you must purchase this great CD! Recorded live and sounding like just like that early Mac blues sound, the material is outstanding. Rick Vito does some great Peter Green solos and his singing is very evocative of Peter's vocal stylings.

This CD should please all fans of British Blues. Again, it's a must own for fans of early Mac.

Highly recommended.

Exceptional record by an Iconic performer and his team. Reviewed as "FLAWLESS" by international press. A must have record! The USA edition of this record is released on 3/17/09 and now available for pre-order from Amazon.com. The "Import" is not available in the USA and ordering this results in a note telling you to wait for availability which, if you order from this page, won't happen in the USA! Either use the Amazon link below or type "FLEETWOOD BLUE AGAIN" in the Amazon search bar and select the 2009 (not the 2008) release. It has a photo of Mick blurred on his drum set in full color! You'll love the USA version and will be supporting the artists who made it possible and Amazon who makes it available. Hope this helps those of you who love the blues!!!![...]

Mick Fleetwood was one of many British kids who listened to the Blues in person as a teenager at the tours of black musicians and bands that were brought to Great Britain in the early 60's and he was changed forever.

When he first came over to America, one of the first places he went was Chess Records and got to play with Muddy Waters et al while he was there. I know that, if that were me, I'd be changed forever, too.

With "Blue Again" we get to hear a master musician once again playing the music of his youth, the bedrock style of all the music he's played since. From my personal experience, when you hear someone play music they love, it's simply different... and better.

And so it is here.

In this incarnation of a band featuring Mick Fleetwood on drums, he's got a lot of help from Rick Vito on lead guitar and vocals. I've never heard of Mr. Vito prior to this disc, but I do hope THIS band with him in it is good for a couple more discs before they hang it up or break up, as is the usual case.

Vito's style and sound is that of classic Fender Strat down and dirty Blues. While he's closer to Stevie Ray than Robert Cray, you're going to hear some smokin' Blues licks kicked out with fire in the belly.

To me, the two standout tunes are Fleetwood Boogie and Black Magic Woman, but there's not a bad one in the bunch. Great road food for the CD player in your outfit... just slam this one in and watch the miles clip by with a big ol' Cheshire Cat grin on your face.

Thanks, Mick and the boys, for giving us one 'from the heart.' In this day and age, compared to other Blues music newly released, it feels pretty damn good.

THIS IS QUITE A SUPRISE. MUCH BETTER THAN I EXPECTED.

This album is 65 minutes long. It is all live, except the final track. The sound quality is very good. The album cover is cheap looking but there is a nice booklet that gives a quick and sometimes incorrect history of Fleetwood Mac (they have Danny Kerwin leaving the band before Peter Green...but Green left before either Kerwin or Spencer, although he did come back for a concert tour after those two left).

Of course you know that Mick Fleetwood is the drummer for Fleetwood Mac (after a stint in John Mayall's Blues Breakers). He was a blues drummer, before Fleetwood Mac went pop after the fifth Fleetwood Mac album (depending on which albums you count).

He is joined by Rick Vito who played on Fleetwood Mac's Behind the Mask album (after Lindsey Buckingham had left the group). Behind the Mask had a Rockabilly flavor to it.

This album is driven by Vito's playing and vocal styles and Fleetwood's history. You can see by the track listing that there are a number of songs that Fleetwood Mac played in the early days. Some of the songs were written by Peter Green (the first leader of Fleetwood Mac) and one is an American blues standard that the band used to play (they did a soujern to Chicago to play with the Blues greats). There are some Vito composed songs, and these are more Rockabilly than Blues.

It is a good selection of songs and they are all played well. And it isn't just a copy of the originals. The songs are played in new and interesting ways.

If you are expecting Rumors, you might not like this. If you were a fan of Fleetwood for any other time besides the Buckingham Nicks years you will probably love this.

I am very leery of rave reviews for this type of album. There are people who give rave reviews just on the concept and not the music. They say, wow, this is Mick Fleetwood going back to his roots and playing old Peter Green tunes, so it must be good. I thought it would be mediocre, but it is much better than I expected.

Returning to the blues, Fleetwood's work is fresh and has evolved in powerful new ways. We heard Mick's NPR interview and ordered the new CD immediately and are NOT disappointed. "Blue Again" is a keeper and a mood lifter on any day, not just the blue ones.

Throw back to the early 'blues' based origins of Fleetwood Mac this crack set up anchored by the indefatigable Mick Fleetwood is a real musical delight. Has a killer version of FM's Black Magic Woman - yes - FM recorded this Peter Green composition way before Carlos Santana! Hear this was also filmed and will be a DVD in the fall - can't wait.

If you like the original Fleetwood Mac, you will like this. Its nostalgiac and a return to the roots, but its not groundbreaking. I was left with the feeling that without Peter Green, its just not there. All in all I enjoyed it.

Bought this for a harmonica playing lover of blues, it was warmly received and is on his constant rotation, his best mate heard it and purchased it the next day

One of the best blues recordings in a long time. Mick Fleetwood is the best! Good songs, good musicians! I especially like "Rattlesnake Shake".

It looks like all but one other reviewer gave this album 5 stars. I think it's just a question of semantics whether this music is categorized as Blues or Boogie. It has elements of each.....I guess I'd call it "faster blues". Just about all the songs use some version of the standard blues I, IV, V chord progression with some interesting turn-arounds and quick-changes. Whatever you call it, this has live tracks that are masterfully engineered, display superb musicianship, and are arranged in a sequence that keeps listener interest. Undoubtedly, one of the best albums I have on my MP3 player!