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5.0 out of 5 stars
Solid, hard-driving, traditional Chicago Blues., June 5, 1999
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This review is from: Straight out of Chicago (Audio CD)
This CD features great postwar Blues guitar work from Rockin' Johnny, a young man who has spent most of his 20's slinging his Rickenbacker in juke joints around Chicago. This is 180 degrees away from the Stevie Ray Vaughn rocked-out pseudo-Blues. There is no Jimi Hendrix influence here. Johnny's guitar is clean, thoughtful, & melodic. He really makes that Rickenbacker talk. The three guest vocalists (Robert Plunkett, Tail Dragger & Sam Lay) are all west-side veterans who add a lot of flavor to this fantastic disc. Rockin' Johnny is also great to witness live.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent classic-sounding Chicago blues, May 7, 2008
This review is from: Straight out of Chicago (Audio CD)
I must confess that at first I don't gave too much hope to this young man with the vintage Rickenbacker on his debut album. Well, I was wrong!
Rockin' Johnny is not the best blues singer in the world, alright, but what he does here with his guitar and band (plus some superb guests too) is nothing short of 1st-class good old vintage Chicago blues. 1st-class. I'd rate the slow one "Sweet Thing", sung by the late drummer Robert Plunkett, as one of the very best (if not the best) blues tracks of the 1990's. Down to the very ground and far below!
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