Live at the Notodden Blues Festival [Live]

Jimmy Witherspoon, Robben Ford | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 10, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Blue Rock'it Records
• ASIN: B000000T3Y
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #329,098 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Doodlin'

2. Goin' Down Slow

3. Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues

4. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town

5. See See Rider

6. Pretty Woman

7. Ain't Nobody's Business

8. Patcha, Patcha

9. Wonderful World

10. Walking by Myself

11. Big Legged Woman

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "they only made one of him", March 20, 2001

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william nollman (rowayton, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at the Notodden Blues Festival (Audio CD)

that's how robben describes jimmy witherspoon but the same could be said of mr ford. while 'spoon's vocal talents are severely diminished here, his back up group positively cooks.

the rhythm section is tight, the B3 player (whose name obviously eludes 'spoon -"give it to HIM!") is tasty and robben is clearly inspired. he has that unique combination of intelligence, feel, tone and swing and clearly knows how to support the singer and the song. the performance is a little more measured than it is raw but robben's choices are so perfect, it's impossible to find fault. despite the game but less-than-stellar performance by jimmy w., this set delivers big time.

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant but with one qualification, April 7, 2010

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Joe Hill "Joe" (Belchertown, MA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at the Notodden Blues Festival (Audio CD)

Spoon's voice sounds almost gone on this, but I still give this CD five stars because of the absolutely beautiful and top notch guitar work by Robben Ford. I've admired him for many years and this CD remains one of my very favorites. A towering performance by a blues guitar virtuoso.

5 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars better the blues the better they keep, December 5, 1999

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wylie spicer (Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live at the Notodden Blues Festival (Audio CD)

this performance by rf and jw should be listened to in conjunction with their earlier performance when rf was just 18 or so (The cd is Live and is available here).For my money rfs playing on the earlier cd is more interesting and more vital.He's never been one to play much with pentatonics but even when he does you can feel something.With jw singing its a great pairing.Now if you want to hear rf in his jazzier incarnation listen to a cd called "A Song I Thought I heard Buddy Sing" probably listed under gerry granelli.Its a score written around the Ondjaate book 'Coming through Slaughter' about the new orleans horn player Buddy....Also take a listen to Joni Mitchells great live album Miles of Aisles in which she is accompanied by Tom Scotts band in which rf is the guitar player.The most boring of the rf stuff is the recent series of albums he ahs done with The Blue Line...if you must stay stuck in the blues the best records are the first one on arhoolie which is an album rf did with his family band The Charles Ford Band (also the name of the record) when he was 17.....or try Talk to my sister which is pre blue line .....