Ready to Cheat

Liz Mandville Greeson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 26, 1999)
• Original Release Date: October 26, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Earwig
• ASIN: B00001ZWG1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,355 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Just Getting Ready To Cheat

2. Great Big Man

3. Those Kisses

4. Friendly Stranger

5. Walking On Eggshells

6. Reefer Woman

7. Belly Rubbin

8. Quit Doggin

9. How Could I Not Love You

10. He Left It In His Other Pants

11. Jim Beam

12. Chi-Town

13. Goin Home

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Debut!, November 2, 2001

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deepbluereview "deepbluereview" (SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ready to Cheat (Audio CD)

Earwig records is a small label that has signed some pretty decent talent over the last several years including Big Jack Johnson "The Oil Man", Homesick James "Goin' Back In The Times", Pinetop Perkins "With the Blue Ice Band" and the lesser known Jimmy Dawkins "Kant Sheck These Bluze", Lovie Lee "Good Candy" Louisianna Red "Driftin' and H-Bomb Ferguson "Wiggin Out".

Despite the lack of a handle, Liz fits well with this group offering a traditional, gospel-tinged, approach to the blues. Like her colleagues, Liz does more than belt out a few tunes. On this CD, she also proves to be a capable composer, guitarist and vocalist. Her low down and somewhat gruff voice sets the table for some rather tasty numbers and her guitar work is pretty darn good. Best tunes on the disc are the title track "Ready To Cheat" and the slow-blues slide guitar number "Reefer Woman". With this release, Liz appears on the verge of a breakout.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blues Perfection, November 14, 2000

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Vascilli (Oak Park, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ready to Cheat (Audio CD)

I've had the pleasure of listening to Liz in concert regularly for the last five years. And though no recording can compete with the "live Liz" experience, this CD comes about as close as you can get. Though afraid at first that her second album wouldn't meet the high musical standard she set for herself with her debut, I had no need to be--this is even more polished, more versatile, more musically accomplished and lyrically rich. Though she's been compared to Bonnie Rait, Janis Joplin, and Etta James, Liz actually embodies the breadth of the best of the blues. A little Howlin' Wolf asserts itself in the gritty "Quit Doggin," and a little John Lee Hooker haunts "Goin Home." And yet, all in all, it's all Liz, especially on numbers like "Other Pants" and "Great Big Man," which are her prototypical, inimitable mix of humor and raunch just set to great music.

All the songs on this CD are original and there really isn't any better blues music being made today. Nor is there better blues music being performed or produced. Liz has the most accomplished blues musicians around bolstering her voice, which is not just powerful, but dynamic and beautiful to boot.

I myself still can't pick a best between "Look at Me" and "Ready to Cheat." My advice: be nice to yourself and get 'em both