Since Way Back

Gerry Hundt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 9, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Bella Records
• ASIN: B000WCBR9E
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #409,620 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Fans of Nick Moss & the Flip Tops' brand of authentic Chicago Blues won't want to miss this amazing ensemble release! Not only has Gerry Hundt contributed musically to a good portion of Blue Bella Records' entire catalog on guitar, mandolin, harmonica, bass and keyboards, but he has provided engineering skills and even laid the floor tile in the studio restroom. For his own debut as the leader, Hundt brings a rousing, brash album to the welcome mini-revival of blues mandolin recordings, seasoned with the raw vintage Chicago blues flame also kept so well by the Flip Tops. Featuring Nick Moss on bass, Willie Oshawny on keys, Bill Lupkin on harp, Kilborn Alley's Josh Stimmel on guitar and Bob Carter on drums! Piano ace Barrelhouse Chuck guests on one track.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Chicago Mandolin Blues, January 9, 2010

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Josh Hathaway "Josh Hathaway" (Huntsville, AL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Since Way Back (Audio CD)

Mixing covers (Otis Spann's "Burning Fire" and Jimmy Rogers' "You're The One") and originals, instrumental and vocal tracks helps pace the album and keep it fresh. Both covers are among the album's best tracks. Oshawny does a fine job following the footsteps of one of the blues' best pianists on "Burning Fire." Hundt's mandolin lead - a phrase I never thought I'd ever use - re-creates a signature Chicago blues guitar lead, the kind Muddy Waters used to lay over Spann's piano work. "Union Meetin,'" the song that strays the furthest from the Chicago sound, is an old-timey, ragtime shuffle that sits nicely with the more hard-boiled tracks.

4.0 out of 5 stars Gerry Hundt's ensemble burns down the house on NPR Morning Edition!!, November 1, 2007

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Human2Being "Human2Being" (Philly) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Since Way Back (Audio CD)

Half asleep this morning, listening to my NPR news, I heard some tight blues opening with a complex instrumentation that really impressed me for its originality. Not trusting those perhaps dream-infused perceptions I went online later to discover who was playing, what was playing. I found out:
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These guys are tight, very Chicago-blues-based, and news to me! I thank Bob Boilen (and his crew?) at NPR for opening my awareness to this groove... interesting, too, that he chooses Chicago's Tortoise so often for the news show's story interludes due the wonderfully evocative subtlety of their compositions. What a range of top-notch music out of one town!

I gotta recommend it, even though I admit I have not heard the entire album. My guess is that if you have ever liked Chicago electric blues then you'll surely enjoy these guys!