Dedicated to You

Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, Big Sandy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 14, 1998)
• Original Release Date: July 14, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hightone Records
• ASIN: B000007RQL
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,172 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sing Along With Sandy!, October 10, 2003

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Darrell F. Musick (Berea, KY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dedicated to You (Audio CD)

All you baby boomer, old-school, R&B fans should get this labor of love cd and (if you're not a lush or tea totaler) a six pack of your favorite suds, and then you won't need a big crowd of people to pull a party. You'll soon be singing and/or hucklebucking all by yourself to beat the band!
Although the singing on four cuts is somewhat flat, that leaves twelve that are toes on the nose. My faves are the hypnotically driving, "Louie, Louiesque," Richard Berry song "Have Love Will Travel" and the resplendently warm "Guided Missiles," which definately will transport you back to the Eisenhauer era!
No surprize--another big success from Big Sandy!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars First-rate reinterpretation of Doo-Wop and R&B classics, June 3, 2001

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dedicated to You (Audio CD)

Together with his Fly-Rite boys, Big Sandy has recorded Rockabilly, Western Swing and Country. But on his first solo flight, he channels the spirits of West Coast doo-wop and R&B singers with a new level of passion. The sixteen tracks transcend mere cover status, crackling with the fire and electricity these songs delivered at their birth.

Sandy's sweet delivery is catapulted to new heights by the background and harmony vocals of The Calvanes (whose Dootones labelmates The Penguins and The Cufflinks are covered here), the piano of Dewey Terry and saxophones of Cad Kadison. The groove on Richard Berry's "Have Love Will Travel" nearly obliterates every fuzzed-out garage band rendition of the 60s. Similarly, the street-corner harmony of "Lonely Guy," the call-and-response of "Pretty Girls Everywhere," the doo-wop scatting of "Hey Señorita," and Sandy's duets with Vicky Tafoya all wail with unbridled spirit.

From romantic ballads to the most swinging R&B, Big Sandy hits the bull's-eye every time.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!, September 11, 1998

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YoYo ([e-mail]) (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dedicated to You (Audio CD)

I didn't know what to expect from a Big Sandy release minus the Fly-Rite Boys, but I am thoroughly impressed. Any fan of 50's doo-wop and R&B will love this album. Big Sandy really shows his vocal versatility on this record. Big Sandy fans won't be disappointed.