For The Blues...Always

Big Dave McLean | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 30, 1998)
• Original Release Date: June 23, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Stony Plain Music
• ASIN: B000007ODG
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #644,598 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Blues from the Middle Kingdom, August 16, 2000

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jack (melbourne, australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: For The Blues...Always (Audio CD)

Winnipeg, Manitoba has always been a hotbed of the blues. Situated in the middle of Canada, the prairie capital has remained a bedrock of blues music for at least the past three decades. And at the heart of this passion for the blues is the music and personality of Big Dave McLean.

A legend in prairie music, Big Dave has thrilled local audiences for years with his white-hot renditions of Chicago and country blues. And now the secret is out. With this, his second album, Big Dave steps firmly out of the local spotlight and onto the national stage.

His searing performances of classics such as 'Dust My Broom' and 'Rolling and Tumbling' prove that Big Dave is the finest blues singer around. There is simply no one else who can touch this Manitoba native when it comes to dishing out the blues.

Its time for America to discover what local fans and professional admirers (such as John Hammond and the late Muddy Waters) have known for years: Big Dave IS the blues. Music doesn't get any better than this. And once you hear the music, you'll want to rush up to Winnipeg to hear this artist in person. Think of all those people who were, at the time, indifferent to the fact that Muddy Waters was playing, unheralded, in a club just down the street.

Well, you can still pop into a downtown Winnipeg pub and hear Big Dave pumping out the music to an enthusiastic local audience. For free. But this won't last. Get it while you can.

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5.0 out of 5 stars best undiscovered talant in years!, October 11, 1999

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[e-mail] ([e-mail]) (surrey B.C.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: For The Blues...Always (Audio CD)

Big Dave has been playing the best music,of the century,for over 25yrs,without having recieved,his due!It doesn't get,any better,and thank's to Collin James,a lifelong fan of Dave's!You can now, finally get in on just how good,this guy is to!Collin produced this CD,in order, to spread the new's,Big Dave's the best,and, that's all there is! Listen to sampel's 1&3,at Amazon,and get hooked!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars i've enjoyed big dave, "for year's",he's the best!, March 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: For The Blues...Always (Audio CD)

this cd,is great! but if you want to hear blue's, and big dave, at there best, get your hand's on a copy of big dave's "muddy water's for president", recorded live somewhere in saskatchwan?muddy himself,would have cry'd!