Tore Down House

Scott Henderson

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 1997)
• Original Release Date: April 1, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mesa / Bluemoon
• ASIN: B000002JWW
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #44,610 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clean blues, October 5, 1999

By A Customer

This guy plays the cleanest blues you're likely to ever hear, yet it's soulful and searing. Hendrix, Beck and Santana rolled into one and sprinkled with jazz. I might differ from all the raves I see here and say there are a few cuts on this CD that don't rate 5 stars at all (tend to be a bit too cute), but the title track is worth the cost of admission alone. All in all It's too good to rate as 4 stars, so let's go with 5.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tore Down House, May 9, 2002

By	Jesse Delaney (Antelope, CA United States) - See all my reviews

I just noticed that in the 6 CD magazine in my car, I had forgotten what the other 5 CD's are since I slid Tore Down House in two weeks ago. Suffice it to say that this is a truely captivating collection of music. I am not particularly a blues fan, but I am a guitar player and this is a "must own" CD. I'm a fan of Sabica's (I play flamenco), Scofield, McLaughlin, Beck, Ralph Towner, Hendrix, Robben Ford, Frank Gambale, and now with this slightly-off-center blues effort, Scott Henderson is on my "watch" (and listen) list. I had previously purchased a Tribal Tech CD and was impressed with his playing.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Monstrous Modern Blues , March 16, 2005

By	Thelonious - See all my reviews

Tore Down House was Scott Henderson's second blues release, and he expands on the musical territory first explored on Dog Party. Henderson brings his harmonically sophisticated approach to bear on a variety of blues-based compositions. Tore Down House opens with hard-hitting funk of Dolomite, which conjures visions of 70's blaxploitation movies. The title track is a colossal blues, melding jazz-level harmonic imagination, Hendrixian scorch, and Thelma Houston's soaring vocals. Meter Maid features a Bo Diddley beat married to crunching guitars. I Hate You starts out as a hilarious parody of 50's love songs, syrupy chord changes and all, before Henderson's metallic solo takes the song into another dimension. Gittar School is an Stevie Ray Vaughn-styled vehicle with silly-but-funny lyrics. Xanax is one of the highlights, pairing Henderson's raw, no-holds-barred guitar with Thelma Houston's intense vocals. Continuum provides a respite before the hard blues-rock assault of You Get Off On Me, the heavy-hitting slow blues Mocha, and the jackhammer funk of Harpoon. The nonsensical lyrics on Tore Down House will be a turnoff to blues purists, but I kind of admire the fact that Henderson didn't try to write typical blues lyrics. The more compelling thing about Tore Down House is Henderson's expansion and re-imagination of blues-rock guitar. A stellar effort.