Blues Mongrel

Carlos Del Junco | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 8, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Northern Blues
• ASIN: B0007GAE30
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #259,988 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Carlos del Junco - What an awesome album !!, April 17, 2005

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M. Kimmins - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blues Mongrel (Audio CD)

This is a truly great album, and goes way beyond straight ahead blues. Carlos Del Junco is a world champion harp player and winner of many national and international awards. He plays beautifully and brilliantly across all the tracks of this CD. The album is an exciting eclectic mix of blues, jazz , latin, bluegrass, and country and features a great group of musicians in addition to Carlos himself. I had read multiple great reviews of this album before I had chance to hear it myself and the praise is well deserved. Anyone who enjoys virtuoso harmonica playing and blues/jazz based music will love this CD. Highly recommended.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Del Junco scores with Northernblues Music!, July 6, 2005

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Brett Lemke (www.maximumink.com) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues Mongrel (Audio CD)

Harpist Carlos del Junco accentuates carefully placed golden melodies and lounge-tenor vocals that will give his southern American bandleader counterparts a listening ear. As a harmonica player, del Junco has a wonderful understanding of traditional music styles. His knowledge of Latin rhythms and percussion leads to abrupt stops and key changes mid-tune, and he has been known to "split" his harmonica at times during solos. Kevin Breit, the album's bottleneck and guitar player, shines on this record with dirty and drunken bottleneck rhythms. Breit fills the dozen tracks with whiskey fuzz and hammer-down tube-amp drawls that mimic none other than Lightnin' Hopkins himself; with de-tuned low strings and lollygagging slide. This record is recommended for fans of Rod Piazza, and the James Harman Band. - Brett Lemke - (...)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning!, April 17, 2006

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Klaus H. Oehr (Surrey, B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blues Mongrel (Audio CD)

This music talks to my soul. I love it! The whole thing.

True art all the way.