Too Wet to Plow [IMPORT] [Import]

Johnny Shines (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 12, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Tomato Music
• ASIN: B00005ND5O
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,079,972 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Too Wet to Plow

2. Travelling Back Home

3. Hot Tamale

4. Moanin' the Blues

5. Red Sun

6. Winding Mind

7. You Better Turn Around

8. Wind Is Blowin'

9. Trouble's All I See

10. 30 Days in Jail

11. Pay Day Woman

12. Epilog

Editorial Reviews

From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD

On a 1975 album ten freshly composed country blues and a version of Robert Johnson's "Hot Tamale" exist as splendent rubies in the coronet of Johnny Shines. Slide guitarist/harpist Louisiana Red (on six songs), harmonica player Sugar Blue (five), and bassist Ron Rault (two) perform pithily at this studio procession, but it's Shines who's the regal personage all the way-articulate, unimpeachable, powerful, understated, innately musical, improvisatory. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

Product Description

Critically hailed 1975 solo, duo and trio performances by the late master, featuring Louisiana Red (guitar, harp) and Sugar Blue (harp).

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Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delta Blues at its best., August 8, 2005

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Oisin (Crisfield, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Too Wet to Plow (Audio CD)

Though Robert Johnson's career was cut short and the works of Tommy Johnson and Charlie Patton have long ago fallen out of the limelight, Johnny Shines played the blues better than any of them, but he never got the recognition he deserved. An intelligent and soft-spoken man, Shines did anything but fit the stereotype of a bluesman.
Johny Ned Lee Shines, Jr. was a friend and travelling companion of the inimitable Robert Johnson. Along the way, he learned a thing or two, as evidenced by his absolutely brilliant playing and technical mastery of the Delta-style slide blues. His voice is undoubtedly stronger and more emotive than virtually any bluesman before him. "Too Wet To Plow" and the live recording "Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop!" are two of the most striking examples of Shines' work, and traditional blues in general. "Too Wet To Plow" is a near flawless work. While all well-done Delta blues recordings before were(to some)unlistenable, the recording quality on this record is perfect.
Altogether, a true masterwork by a master of a dying style of music.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars True Delta Blues on Disc, August 3, 2010

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Str8Silver "music&literature" (AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Too Wet to Plow (Audio CD)

I don't think I can say much that will make sense, but I will say this: If you love Delta Blues, slide-guitar and harmonica music, then you will love this CD. Period. And it's not just a good CD to listen to when you've got the blues; I have this on when I'm playing Dead Space sometimes. All around, this guy is pleasant to listen to; and if you have a mind to do it, buy the CD. I highly doubt that you'll regret that purchase.