Lightning in a Bottle

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 21, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0002YCVH4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,524 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #64 in Music > Blues > Acoustic Blues
  • #97 in Music > Blues > Chicago Blues

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!, February 23, 2006

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Kenneyk "Kennyk" (Seattle) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Lightning in a Bottle (Audio CD)

This is an outstanding CD. The music is great. It has the artist talking about the songs unlike other CD's that cut the talking out.
The songs are great and I look forward to the DVD.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Deep Roots to Rock - A Great Compilation, November 26, 2005

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Matthew W. Bovee "weeblackdoggie" (Baldwin City, KS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lightning in a Bottle (Audio CD)

(So you know the source, I've been listening to the blues and blues-rock for decades, I'm a budding guitarist, and have been influenced by my brother who's played rock and blues for three decades.)

The only "flaw" in this CD set is that it doesn't include the songs found as bonus tracks on the DVD (there you will find an electric blues piece by Buddy Guy, another one by Steve Tyler and Joe Perry, and a piece by 21st Century Blues - all three of which are scorchers and well worth having). Shame on the producers for not including those gems on this set. That said, the rest of it is a combination of a lesson in the blues punctuated with some amazing pieces. However, to get the full impact you might have to view the DVD. The Billie Holiday piece "Strange Fruit" is counterpointed by stills and videos of blacks hanged and left to rot in the south; The Buddy Guy rendition of his teacher's "I Can't Be Satisfied" (Muddy Waters) has lead-in still, movie and audio of children singing the original song that preceded it (as well as the well-worn tale of Guy's first attempts to make a guitar); there is footage of Guy talking about being invited to play with Muddy Waters, and of meeting and playing with Hendrix; the piece by 21st Century Blues is remarkable; Tyler and Perry burn the place down with their two performances. Gamblin' Man by Edwards is great, as is Turn on Your Love Light by Solomon Burke. Burke's recounting of having been hired to play for a KKK rally is chilling. Again, some these references are to the DVD and its bonus material. The CD would make it much easier to manage the songs.

If you're looking for recycled blues with hex-fuzz renditions of old mountain blues or Muddy Waters tunes, without the soul, feel or phrasing, then borrow the CD or rent the DVD before you buy. But, if you like the blues at their roots, I'm betting this compilation will have a well-worn place on your CD/DVD shelf.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lightening in A Bottle, February 24, 2006

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Sunny Burnett "Sr. citizen music lover" (Alba, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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Awesome! If you love Memphis Blues, real down to earth, Soul, this CD, DVD, is a must own item. My Husband is 65, I am 67, we play the DVD, sometimes two or three times in a row, and the music forces up to get and up and rock out, like we did in the fifties, when we were both in our teens.The two disc CD is a constant out of my 6 CD's in my car.