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New Orleans Street Singer

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Snooks Eaglin is New Orleans through and through. There's hardly a style of music that the great city has made famous that Eaglin doesn't play some of. He wails through fat electric blues tunes, strums through folky country delta songs and so much more.

This album is a triumph, and brings the sounds of New Orleans as it once was to the world. Pick it up, you'll be glad you did.

Eaglin is a multi-talented artist. He can play Country Blues, New Orleans-style R&B, and even Rock 'N' Roll. On this disc, he plays straight-forward Country Blues. "Careless Love" is masterfully done, "High Society is nothing short of dazzling, and "Helping Hand" is an emotional experience. The liner notes are highly detailed and extensive. I highly recommend purchasing this cd. Snooks is still with us, but often plays electric Blues at small clubs and at festivals, as opposed to Country Blues music. I'd love to see him perform some day.

Snooks Eaglin has the ability to flow through a song, smoothly and best of all affectively. Snooks, unlike bluesman Robert Pete Williams who tends to lean more on the delta blues style, Snooks seems to play more of a variety, jazz, blues, r & b, classical, country, and does so with authority, as you hear on this Smithsonian Folkways reprint CD of the original vinyl, with eight extra tracks added to this legendary collection. Set up with vocal and guitar only, Snooks is singin' and playin' out songs like, ROCK ISLAND LINE, TROUBLE IN MIND, CARELESS LOVE, LOOKING FOR A WOMAN, LET ME GO HOME WHISKEY, Sinatra's, LONESOME ROAD and John Lee Hooker's, ONE SCOTCH,ONE BOURBON,ONE BEER, twenty five songs are on here to leave you mesmerized as you get to know Snooks Eaglin, booklet included.

I'm extremely satisfied with this product. Quality of the sound is most satisfactorily. The artist and the performance is outstanding. I highly recommend this item.
Best regards från Yvonne Cederquist Olsson

I have been a blues fans for as long as I can remember. I just got this record and feel like I'm falling in love with Blues all over again. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's unfortunate that Snooks Eaglin has left us and that catching a live performance is thus a thing of the past. Unfortunate because Eaglin was incredible, as exemplified by this wonderful recording. There are and have been many great guitarists around. Those who make list frequently jump out at you with their incredible, "blow you away" chops. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Mike Stern are perfect examples of this. Eaglin is different. He doesn't attack you with his virtuosity; it's more subtle but no less exceptional, characterized by intense propulsion and rhythm, and exceptional timing. His singing enhances the effort as well. This disc will have you tapping your foot and wishing you could still be there live.

I heard him off a compilation disc and he's amazing. He has so many styles of songs on this disc and he has amazing chops on the guitar. I listen to this disc over and over again.

This cd blew me away and I am stone cold sober. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys music.....period. Clean sound with clear singing, natural born lyrics and transcendental guitar work. Buy it. You will fall in love with it.

I was lucky enuf to see Snooks perform at the NOLA Jazz Fest 2 years ago. He was quite good. I was sad that a CD recording of that concert was not made available. So, I'm looking forward to hearing this one.