Old New Ballads Blues

Gary Moore

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 2006)
• Original Release Date: May 2, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Eagle Records
• ASIN: B000F3AB0Q
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #69,494 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Gary Moore’s brand new studio album "Old, New, Ballads, Blues" continues his exploration of the blues through the combination of classic blues tracks written by the likes of Otis Rush and Willie Dixon and new self-penned songs. Gary has had the fortune in the past to have played with both Albert Collins and Albert King and is currently on the BB King farewell tour of the UK. "Old, New, Ballads, Blues" fits right into the pocket of Gary’s platinum-selling album "Still Got the Blues". This great new album should bring Gary right up to the top in the blues and blues rock market.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gary Moore!, May 6, 2006

By	R9 (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Gary Moore! What a wonderful new album from this incredible musician!

His singing has continued to get better, either from coaching, practice, age, or some combination. This is a really well-sung album. And of course, his playing is just always spot-on and so highly fired-up.

He has continued to build his talent and energy as a guitarist! ... and that amazing driving fire that underlies everything is just as complete as ever. He pours his full personality into this music.

You might think that Gary "jams" lots of his playing. However, if you go back and listen to any of the cuts off of "Still Got The Blues", for example, and then find live versions of the same cuts, you will quickly see that he leaves nothing to chance. His composition is planned in detail, but the execution is still so entirely inspired that it comes out as spontaneous jam - the best of both worlds.

Gary uses a horn section on a couple of songs to great effect and I like the range of tones, such as the semi-clean leads on the remake of Midnight Blues (2006). Gonna Rain Today is flat-out beautiful.

To me, Gary is the most meaningful blues/rock player of all time. He did it with great talent, discipline and lots of focused work. This album continues fully in his track record of excellent, beautiful art.

Gary, if you ever read amazon reviews, man, you did it again. This album is just a treasure and I'm just grateful you made another one!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gotta love him., January 16, 2007

By	cocre "cocre" (Cayce, SC United States) - See all my reviews

Much improved voice, same great guitar. Slow album, especially on his two remakes. Country sound on No Reason To Cry (beautiful solo). This CD would have been a 6 stars had he mixed in a thunderstorm to the background of Gonna Rain Today.

5.0 out of 5 stars Old New Ballad Blues CD is great!, January 7, 2008

By	Leon Hampton "lhampton" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I heard a cut from the album Old New Ballad Blues Old New Ballads Blues on Pandora. I loved it, so I order the CD. It is excellent and contains some songs I hadn't heard before. I recommend this album if you love the blues.