Last Fair Deal

Rory Block | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Telarc
• ASIN: B0000C8AS6
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,177 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Gone Again

2. Sookie Sookie

3. County Fair Blues

4. Last Fair Deal Gone Down

5. Declare

6. Cry Out Loud

7. Amazing Grace

8. Traveling Riverside Blues

9. Mama's Stray Baby

10. Hallelu, Hallelu

11. Two Places At A Table

12. Awesome Love

13. Look What The Lord Has Done

14. Old Friends

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fine, mellow set by this talented blues picker, October 14, 2003

By 

DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Fair Deal (Audio CD)

An airy, loose acoustic blues set, with plenty of gentle slide guitar, and a hefty dose of straightforward preachin' gospel blues.  Some surprises, like an ethereal instrumental version of "Amazing Grace," and her spacy, stream-of-conscousness delivery throughout.  At times Block sounds a bit mannered and stuffy, in a folkie kinda way, yet the mix of relaxed, informal presentation and an overall evocative, spine-tingly feel make this record worth checking out.... Her fans will certainly dig it!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rory, doing what she does best, December 3, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Last Fair Deal (Audio CD)

Rory Block is one of today's artists out at the forefront of keeping acoustic blues alive. This CD has a lot of Rory doing what she does best: gritty blues and acoustic slide guitar.

The best songs are the one Son House and two Robert Johnson covers, Sookie Sookie, Look What The Lord Has Done. A couple of the songs are a little sappy, the one about the stray dog, for example.

A little restrained; Rory can really cut loose when she wants to. But excellent singing and playing throughout.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique, overlooked and underrated, May 4, 2007

By 

Derek Fuller "Albuquerque Bluesman" (All beef Jerky, NM) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Fair Deal (Audio CD)

I have been a fan of Rory's for 20 years or so. This collection of artistry is the only example of something that makes me laugh and cry at the same time. Her love of music, her love of the guitar, her love of singing has never been more pronounced than in this work. Although an outspoken champion of women's rights, I think when it comes to her guitar, Rory would agree that "she love slappin'that bitch silly, and da bitch like it". Hell, I like it. After years of string bending, she finally puts on the silver finger and gives it all she's got. Way to go, Rory.