Continental Drifter

Charlie Musselwhite | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 20, 1999)
• Original Release Date: April 20, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B00000IL1U
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #144,193 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. No

2. Can't Stay Away from You

3. Voodoo Garden

4. Little Star

5. ¿Que Te Parece, Cholita? (What Do You Think, Cholita?) (Featuring ...)

6. Chan Chan (Charlie's Blues) (Featuring Eliades Ochoa and Cuarteto ...)

7. Sabroso (Delicious) [Featuring Eliades Ochoa and Cuarteto Patria]

8. Siboney

9. My Time Someday

10. Blues up the River

11. Please Remember Me

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Traditional Blues Meet The Buena Vista Social Club, December 19, 2001

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Kurt Harding "bon vivant" (Boerne TX) - See all my reviews
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Continental Drifter is an interesting album because it presents three discrete blues styles in sequence for the listener to consider and enjoy. Musselwhite has a long history with Chicago blues and with Delta blues, both of which are sampled here, but what makes the CD compelling is the marriage of the blues to traditional Cuban musical forms. Chan Chan sounds fresh from the Buena Vista Social Club.
I knew the Cuban songs already and really enjoyed Musselwhite singing English lyrics he wrote for them as the Cubans sang their lyrics in Spanish in response. The amusing part is that although Musselwhite's lyrics bear little relation to the original Spanish ones, it still works out very well.
The band's wailing rendition of No sets the album's tone, but the three Cuban songs along with the classic Lecuona instrumental composition Siboney are the highlights.
I give the CD only four stars because I find the last acoustical cuts to be dull after listening to the musically more robust songs that precede them. Despite that, I highly recommend Continental Drifter as a worthy addition to any blues collection.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simpl;y Great, January 31, 2000

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Marie A. Iulo (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

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I heard one song from this CD on FUV(New York) and loved it. The next day I bought the CD and also went to see Charley at the Blues Fest in Red Bank. He did everyone of the songs from the Cd and that was it I fell in love-The combination of Blues and Latin music is great. He is truly a great artist.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Charlie with a twist, March 30, 2008

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Peter Chordas "music lover" (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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I was fortunate enough to see Charlie Musslewhite perform the music on this CD when it came out at the Filmore in SF. He opened for Robert Cray and I think it brought the performance of Robert Cray's band up a notch.

Some of these songs are noted Brazilian tunes that Musslewhite took and added his own lyrics to. "Chan Chan" was made famous by the Buena Vista Social Club with Ry Cooder. Charlie adds interesting lyrics and the band is super. "Voodoo Garden" is my favorite but all the songs are uniquely him with his voice and blues harmonica playing. I've turned a lot of people on to this CD. It surprises me that there are only 7 reviewers before me. A fresh genres on blues/latin fusion. You're gonna like it!