Born to Be Blue [Import]

Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Eugene Bridges | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 11, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Blueside (UK)
• ASIN: B000009NPS
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #688,696 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. If You Don't Wanna Love Me

2. Little Boy Blue

3. Tears of a Fool

4. Born to Be Blue

5. Learn How to Let You Go

6. Aching Heart

7. Good Times

8. (My Only Reason for Working) Ain't No Reason No More

9. Dr. Can You Tell Me

10. Somebody Loves You

11. Good Thing

12. A Change Is Gonna Come

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truely awesome CD from a future "Great" of the Blues, March 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Born to Be Blue (Audio CD)

Eugene Bridges got his initial inspiration and the 'Hideaway' from his father Othineil Bridges - aka Hideaway Slim. As you listen to this superb CD you will also catch nuances of the blues greats that have further influenced Eugene. Sam Cooke on 'Good Times', 'A change is gonna come' and 'If you don't wanna love me' plus B.B. King on 'Good thang', 'Aching Heart', and 'Born to be blue' the title track. Eugene wrote this last song as a letter to B.B. King to tell him how he had influenced his life. Truth is that Eugene is now his own man, and while keen to keep alive their sound, he has so, so much to offer that is pure Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges. Many blues fans will remember Eugene as heading Big Joe Turner's Memphis Blues Caravan on guitar and vocals, he has now moved on to form his own band and this is the result. Live and on disc, Eugene exudes his quality and maturity with brilliant guitar licks and the strength of his vocals. Having had the pleasure of listening to and meeting this man at a gig, I can also tell you that the emotion that he puts into his music is from the heart. Audiences are captured by the charisma of the man as he passes his musical message to us fortunate listeners. If you can't get to see Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges - buy this CD. If you can get to see Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges - still buy this CD. To use the words of the last song on the CD - "It's been a long time coming but I know a change gonna come, oh yes it is". The change has come in the shape of Eugene 'Hidewaway' Bridges.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DYNOMITE, November 2, 1999

By 

julia haynes ([e-mail]) (TICKFAW, LOUISIANA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Born to Be Blue (Audio CD)

THIS CD HAS BEEN AN EYE OPENER AND A REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE BECAUSE ALL THE SONGS BEING SONG IS LIKE A MIRROR INTO MY OWN LIFE. I ONLY WISH MORE RADIO STATIONS AROUND THE WORLD COULD ENJOY THIS NEW SOUND OF BLUES.