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Fire Down Under the Hill

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if you enjoy blues with just guitars and harmonicas this cd id for you. james cotton can still play the harp,but his years of singing are behind him. the best two songs are its alright and boot knockin boogie with darrell nulisch on vocals.still muscially its a gem

James Cotton is a blazing bluesman with a hot harp, but his voice has deteriorated so badly that this disc is basically unlistenable, except the cuts where Darrell Nullisch does the vocals. Cotton still plays great, but he shouldn't try to sing anymore. Just listen to the song samples to hear it for yourself.

Veteran blues harmonica man James Cotton is accompanied on this well-recorded Telarc recording by Rico McFarland on guitar and David Maxwell on piano. Cotton also sings on several tracks, and unfortunately, his voice is really weak; however, vocalist Darrell Nullisch also sings a couple of the songs, and he does a better job. So far, my description of this recording does not sound very promising, but what redeems this set is that the instrumental portions are really pretty good. Cotton plays a mean harmonica, and the guitar and piano are both attacked with plenty of upbeat energy, making for a pleasant listening experience if you can get around Cotton's vocal contributions.