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I first heard this album when I was reviewing rock albums for the Michigan Daily. Unfortunately, the album and its artists received little notice. It's a great album. The songs are classics, the vocals are powerful, the arrangements are superb, all of the playing is ferocious, the band is tight, the production is wonderful. This is all blues and boogie music, played by white boys, and by the time this album was released it should have sounded like old hat, but somehow the enthusiasm of this crew makes it sound fresh and vital, like it was being played for the first time, by people who were playing for all they were worth. Not to be missed.

In just nine songs, this disc covers an astounding range of blues styles, and delivers the best in all of them. The classic Chicago blues of Little Walter & Willie Dixon are well served by great covers of Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) & 29 Ways. Georgia Rag is an original that could pass for classic acoustic work by Blind Boy Fuller or Pink Anderson. They hit New Orleans big time with Bald-head Rhumba Boogie (a tribute to Professor Longhair) & Dr. John's Lord Pity Us All. The song You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down is a slow-but-stomping 12-bar that B.B. King really should have covered by now, with riotous lyrics ("Your eyeballs look like a road map. They're looking 2 different ways. You got your teeth in one hand & your wig in the other -- & you haven't looked this good in days"). Barefoot Rock & The Boogie Walk are self-explanatory, while Ranky Tanky defies categories.

Great songs, great playing & singing, & a good time to be had by all concerned.

Many years ago I had a copy of the original LP, including the flour sack it came in! I don't know what happened to the record, but when I found this CD I had to have it. Great blues, great harp, you'll love it. Richard Newell (King Biscuit Boy) has never been truly given his due as a musician, and I'll wager you will agree after listening to this CD.

I was hooked on this album in high school in the 70s, and was pleased to see it on CD. A must have for any blues, country, bluegrass or rockabilly fan. The sound quality is excellent, and the songs will stay in your head always. I'm glad they did in mine.

I was turned on to this album by my friend Steve Macy in Ft. Wayne. This is a throwback album, straight to the roots of rock. The combination of blues, country, and back beat energy is just amazing. I know you will enjoy it

I picked up this album in the early 1970s simply because it came in a flour sack slipcover (which I made into a pillow!) and it has remained one of the staples of my collection. I can't adequately express just how vital and authentic this music is, against all odds. You will not be disappointed. It never made sense to me that so few people have heard of this terrific artist.

In just nine songs, this disc covers an astounding range of blues styles, and delivers the best in all of them. The classic Chicago blues of Little Walter & Willie Dixon are well served by great covers of Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) & 29 Ways. Georgia Rag is an original that could pass for classic acoustic work by Blind Boy Fuller or Pink Anderson. They hit New Orleans big time with Bald-head Rhumba Boogie (a tribute to Professor Longhair) & Dr. John's Lord Pity Us All. The song You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down is a slow-but-stomping 12-bar that B.B. King really should have covered by now, with riotous lyrics ("Your eyeballs look like a road map. They're looking 2 different ways. You got your teeth in one hand & your wig in the other -- & you haven't looked this good in days"). Barefoot Rock & The Boogie Walk are self-explanatory, while Ranky Tanky defies categories.

Great songs, great playing & singing, & a good time to be had by all concerned.

I've been searching to find this album again for over 20 years. "Done Tore Your Playhouse Down" is among the best of any blues I have ever heard, inner city, rural, country or otherwise. If you haven't heard it, do. If you can get it, do.