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Knocking at Your Door

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The first blues band i ever saw live was Magic Slim and the Teardrops. John Primer was the rhythm guitarist with Slim at that time but i didn't even know who he was. My buddy and I were blown away by John's playing and thought he WAS the main attraction. He plays fast but never uses a wrong note and he's soulful and funky and bluesy all at once. This disc is GREAT if you haven't heard John yet. From boogies to shuffles to funk to slowburners it has it all!! I would definitely add this to my "must have" list. John Primer sat down with me and my buddy that night for a chat and shook our hands as he left. Imagine my reaction seeing him on his own CD covers now! This guy truly deserves all the critical acclaim...the real deal for sure!

from the first track knocking at your door to the kiss of fire the ex muddy waters guitarist delivers the goods with larry mccray on second guitar the band is hot. if you like good time blues this is your cd

Telarc seems to be making a concerted effort to establish itself as a blues label; however, recordings such as this one will do little to advance the label's cause. This is pretty tame stuff (I was tempted to write "lame," but will consign that harsher term to parentheses), with Primer not showing much to distinguish himself either vocally or instrumentally. There are the usual plodding blues drums, harmonica fills, etc. Just another tired-sounding blues album. Sorry--no matter how nice a job Telarc does technically in recording this stuff, it still sounds, well, tame.