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Blues for the Lost Days

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John Mayall has been playing blues literally for my entire lifetime and at 64 years old proves that he's still among the best. On this CD, Mayall displays the many blues attitudes of which he is capable. Lately, many of his songs decry urban decay and violence. He continues here in that vein with the hard-driving Dead City and the old Eddie Harris R&B song, How Can You Live Like That. Stone Cold Deal is a shuffle driven by saxophone, organ and drums. Its infectuous rhythm will have you dancing and its incisive lyrics will have you thinking. My other favorites are the title cut on which Mayall's prowess on the piano is showcased, One In A Million which is a rocking paean to his beloved mother, and I Don't Mind, a song in the rollicking piano-driven Southern style for which Mayall is justly famous. There isn't anything I really dislike on the album though It Ain't Safe and Some Other Day seem out of place and Trenches, though lyrically gripping, is musically weak. If you are a blues fan, you are sure to like Blues For the Lost Days, another strong effort from master bluesman John Mayall.

John Mayall is a great artist in his own right. This album is much more reflective than normal but contains so many tracks that show how good Mayall is (but 4 stars may be slightly high). His harp, piano and organ standout as does the guitar of Buddy Whittington. The album features a variety of styles: Dead City, Blues for the lost days, It ain't safe which feature the excellent guitar of Whittington. Trenches, One in a Million and You are for real, How can you live like that which show the refective and sentimental aspects of this album (with some Jazz tones).

Mellower than I expected for John Mayall, but it's blues all the way. Dead City and Stone Cold Deal are two standouts. Great harmonica and piano.

I never liked white blues 'till I heard this album! in less than a day I learnt all the harp lines by heart, and I cannot stop hearing it!

My personal recommendation is "How Can You Live Like That", great! love jamming with my guitar and harp along with the album... highly recommended.

Siempre que compro un disco de John Mayall, no tengo pierde, a pesar que pueden haber canciones que no me gustan en un principio, siempre despues de escucharlas con mas detenimiento hay algo que hace que uno cambie de opinión, en esta producción hay varias canciones muy buenas, con ritmo, con buenas letras, por supuesto hay unos blues extraordinarios como "How can you live like that" "Blues for the lost day's" la guitarra de Buddy Whittington siempre con su toque especial, muy buena! si quieren escuchar aun maestro del blues blanco no dejen de comprar este disco vale la pena.