Let's Talk About Love

Lurrie Bell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B000XBCBW6
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,554,312 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Mercurial Chicago Blues guitarist Lurrie Bell - whom the Boston Phoenix declared "the most talented blues guitarist of his generation" - has released his most accomplished deeply heartfelt album yet. Music has the power to heal, to restore and empower, not only the artist but the listener as well. Lurrie Bell's remarkable new album, Let's Talk About Love, is proof positive of this. In fact, with Let's Talk About Love, the firebrand Chicago blues guitarslinger - whom the Boston Phoenix declared "the most talented blues guitarist of his generation" - has released his most accomplished, deeply heartfelt album yet. Bell's masterful creation, produced by longtime associate Matthew Skoller, is upbeat, warm, wise, and deeply inspiring, vividly displaying Bell's unshakeable faith in the curative power of the blues. Let's Talk About Love is a personal triumph for Bell, who has certainly experienced his share of adversity and come out, as his producer describes, "without any bitterness or anger. Lurrie's a quiet, sweet guy who takes refuge in his music - that's how he survives." In 2007 alone, Bell lost two of the most-loved people in his life: his father, Chicago blues harmonica great Carey Bell; and Susan Greenberg, his partner and the mother of his toddler daughter, Aria (for whom he named his current music label, Aria B. G. Records). Bell had already triumphed over a debilitating bout of mental illness that stretched through much of the '80s and '90s, a period during which he'd even gone homeless for a time - a far cry from the stardom that authoritative publications including the New York Times and Rolling Stone had predicted for this scintillating second-generation bluesman. 1 Let's Talk About Love2 Earthquake and Hurricane3 You Ought to Be Ashamed4 Why (am I Treated So Bad)5 Feeling Good6 Missing You7 Directly From My Heart to You8 Cold Chills9 Chicago Is Loaded With the Blues10 My Dog Can't Bark11 Turn to Me12 Wine Head Woman

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Add this CD to your collection!, April 15, 2008

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Guitar Steve (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let's Talk About Love (Audio CD)

If you are a fan of Chicago blues, you cannot go wrong with this disc. It is impeccable in its style and execution and pays homage to the great Chicago blues artists. If you are a blues fan who likes guitar pyrotechnics rather than heartfelt emotions expressed in the lyrics and the music, this disc may not be for you. Altogether, one of the finest blues disks by a contemporary artist that I have heard in a long, long time.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars lurrie in france, December 23, 2007

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Mr. William Pollard "bill pollard" (manchester uk) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let's Talk About Love (Audio CD)

I saw Lurrie in Calais after a 6 hour drive down from Manchester & a Channel crossing that was extremely rough - however it was well-worth it all as he gave a stellar performance.
Like a young Otis Rush, he was totoall in commannd of his guitar &, even when he went down paths that seemed impossible, he extricated himsself with aplomb & an impressive feel for the music that cannot be taught.
I've got so many abums - &, despite my wife, I'm still buying - but this is one I can't stop playing.
In recent months (as in years past)Lurrie is most reluctantly living the life of someone who must know the blues inside-out; I wish him solace in his work & in his young child & many more years of productive work akin to this standard.
Bill Pollard, Manchester UK

5.0 out of 5 stars Real deal Chicago Blues, March 2, 2008

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Skyy Dobro (South of Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let's Talk About Love (Audio CD)

Purists, fans, and music lovers rejoice. Here is some excellent Chicago Blues. So many of the "Blues" CDs that I am sent are not really Blues albums. Instead, they are Rock albums marketed towards an aging population of white middle-class Baby Boomers who miss the sounds of the Sixties, but can't find anything in the wasteland of commercial radio that bears resemblance in tone, texture, soul, or feel.