High Humidity

Wet Willie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 12, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fuel 2000
• ASIN: B00062144S
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #500,845 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mind Over Matter

2. She Caught the Katy

3. Street Corner Serenade

4. Easy Street

5. Everything That 'Cha Do

6. Babyfat

7. Countryside of Life

8. Leona

9. When Something Is Wrong With My Baby

10. Grits Ain't Groceries

11. Keep On Smiling

12. Shout Bamalama

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High Humidity by The Wet Willie Band

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Which One's Willie?, July 22, 2005

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AJ82 (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: High Humidity (Audio CD)

Probably the hardest thing a band can go through is replacing the lead vocalist. Only a few groups have had some success with this - Van Halen, Chicago and Bad Company. And usually there are the die-hards that remain faithful to the original line-up and dismiss the band. In this case, the lead singer is not Jimmy Hall - and Jimmy had a very distinct vocal style and sound - he's probably one of the best Southern style vocalists around. The vocalist here has a very New Orleans (or cajun) sound - and while he's not Jimmy - he doesn't pretend to be him either. He does a very capable job with the material. The recording quality/mixing is very good and the audience is not over-bearing. Most important, it's great to hear the band get out and perform once again. I would have given the album 5 stars but 3 key songs (in my eyes) are missing - "Weekend", "Make You Feel Love Again" and "Rainman" (by Michael Duke). The last two songs from the fantastic "Manorisms" album. With the current release of Wet Willie's Epic Record albums on a single disc - that's probably the better route to go. But I must say that this is a very good release and would definitely hunt it down, especially on the used market!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars ALL WET, April 19, 2011

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Jukebox Dave (RECORD TOWN, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: High Humidity (Audio CD)

THE WET WILLIE BAND-HIGH HUMIDITY: Many of the greatest acts in rock & roll are literally defined by their frontman. Imagine if you can, the mighty J. GEILS BAND minus PETER WOLF; they tried it for one crash-and-burn album and it wasn't pretty, folks. An apt comparison is the so called WET WILLIE BAND, who are rudderless on this live outing without sassy soul preacher JIMMY HALL, a triple threat talent on lead vocals, sax, and blues harp. Although siblings JACK and DONNA HALL are still present on bass and righteous backing vocals, along with a couple of other legit WET WILLIE members, it just don't mean a thang if it ain't got the "twang". New guitarist/singer RIC SEYMOUR can't hope to compete with the master on funky classics STREET CORNER SERENADE, LEONA and KEEP ON SMILIN', meaning they come off like nothing more than a competent bar band, which is undoubtedly what they would have remained without HALL's flash and riveting persona in the first place. Incidentally, when he's not makin' magic with the likes of DICKY BETTS and TOMMY CASTRO, JIMMY HALL still performs with WET WILLIE on occasion...but without him, there's no mo' mojo. If you wanna hear what these cats could accomplish on a stage in their hey-day, stick with DRIPPIN' WET LIVE or LEFT COAST LIVE. This version of the group is "all wet".

RATING: ONE DRIP

6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hum Drum, March 23, 2005

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Matthew L. Higley "Matt Higley" (Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High Humidity (Audio CD)

The lead singer's voice is not as full as Jimmy's voice, they play the songs a little faster than normal. Jimmy's southern drawl just makes the music sound better, when he sings. I have seen the original band in concert with a horn section and the willettes as the backing vocals' and the concert was done right after they did their last record album. For me being a hard core fan of Wet Willie and if you are a hard core fan of Wet Willie.I DO NOT recommend this CD highly.It's not worth it.