Memphis Barbecue

Big Jack Johnson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 19, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: M.C. Records
• ASIN: B00005YDNN
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #205,205 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Oh Baby

2. Humming Blues

3. Don't Care Nothing

4. Smokestack Lighting

5. I'm Going Out Walking

6. My Babe

7. Blue Bird

8. Lonesome Road

9. Get Along Little Cindy

10. Humming Bird

11. Big Boss Man

12. Things I Used to Do

13. Dust My Broom

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not Classic, March 10, 2002

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"pl500" (USA- Love it or leave it) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Memphis Barbecue (Audio CD)

Big Jack Johnson has made other records but this is his first without his band the Oilers. Kim Wilson was called into help produce an acoustic record with Jack Johnson and the result is this fine record. The set is a mixture of original tunes (Humming Blues,Lonesome Road),and some covers (Dust my Broom, My Babe)are done over well by Kim and Jack.

I think though that it could have been done better, on some tracks Jack seems tired and almost unable to phrase vocally. Kim's in top notch shape though, but at times it seems that some of the magic slips away, he plays impeccably though and he is still probably the best old school blues harp player playing today. This record proves it(as do his other records).

I like this album alot but I still think they could have done better. You should buy this record though, the performances are solid and its all from the heart. Thats all we ask for really isn't it?

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finger Lickin' Good, December 13, 2002

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John Walker "Guitar Lover" (Manistee, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Memphis Barbecue (Audio CD)

I only bought this album because of Kim Wilson. I had never heard of Big Jack Johnson. He is one of the best bad guitar players I've ever heard. This album is rough-hewn blues in the raw, and once you hear it you won't be able to turn it off. The dynamics are moderate, and Big Jack will tickle your ears from start to stop.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, October 30, 2010

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Joseph Reader (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Memphis Barbecue (Audio CD)

This is simply great acoustic blues, and (overall) it is very well recorded. It is easily one of my favorite blues records. Very nice indeed.

My only complaint concerns the harmonica--and I do NOT mean that it is poorly played; in fact, I cannot remember ever hearing the harmonica played better! But the harmonica is not well recorded here: it is too loud in the sound mix in relation to the other instruments. The harmonica overwhelms everything else, which is somewhat annoying.

On that basis I was tempted to rate the CD at 4 stars, but I like the CD so much that I had to go with 5 stars (though I wish they had recorded or mixed the sound to make the harmonica less prominent). Well recommended in any event.