Thats All Right Mama

Albert Lee | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 15, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Castle Us
• ASIN: B0007TFHG6
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #500,732 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. That's All Right Mama

2. Best I Can

3. Long Gone

4. Too Much of Nothing

5. Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line

6. Mama Tried

7. Rocky Top, Tennessee

8. Country in Harlem

9. Lay Lady Lay

10. Memphis Streets

11. Tears of Rage

12. The Victim

13. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You

14. Mama Come Get Your Baby Boy

15. The Fool

16. Send Me Back to the Mines

17. Undiscovered

18. Across the Great Divide

19. Good Times

20. Sally

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars Classic good news, bad news scenario, December 4, 2007

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loce_the_wizard "loce_the_wizard" (Lilburn, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thats All Right Mama (Audio CD)

The 2003 re-release of the "Country Fever" and the "Black Claw" sessions under the collective title "That's All Right Mama" is one of those classic "good news, bad news" scenarios.
Albert Lee fans, especially those who have followed his career since way back when, will be happy to add these rarities to their collection. But newcomers may be disappointed and possibly shun other works by this guitar great if they judge his current work by what's here.

The good news is that Albert Lee shines on some the tracks here, that there is an abundance of material (nearly 80 minutes worth), and that the liner notes help connect and explain some of the contorted links between the various songs, sessions, bands (included Heads, Hands, and Feet).

The bad news is that much of the material is not that good and sounds dated.

The key seems to distinguishing which songs are included in which session seems to be whether the lead vocals were handled by Albert Lee (these are the Country Fever tracks) or by Chas Hodges (those are the Black Claw tracks). Spend some times reading through the notes for a more complete history, some of which is admittedly based on conjecture.

The title track pretty much sets the tone for the better tracks: tasty guitar licks and decent vocals. Country in Harlem is another very good track, and along with Send Me Back to the Mines and the rollicking Undiscovered pretty much anchor this session.

The rest of the "Country Fever" tracks are, at best curiosities and covers---lots of Dylan covers---and these covers fail to generate much excitement, both because the originals were better and because they don't offer anything fresh. (Just so you know, Rocky Top, Tennessee is among the songs covered here.)

Much of the material from the "Black Claw" sessions likewise sounds dated and somewhat uninspiring. Again, it's the exceptions here that avid Albert Lee fans will be pleased to hear: the last five tracks are the strongest in this set, standing on their own and foreshadowing what would follow in Heads, Hands, and Feet (both the good stuff and the uneven material that characterized that band).

I expect you will have a hard time listening straight through, but if you are willing to prospect for the gems here, then go ahead and grab a copy of this CD.