Top of the Blues

Tony O Blues Band, Tony O. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 14, 1995)
• Original Release Date: November 13, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Deluge Records
• ASIN: B000001LC4
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #406,399 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Think About You

2. Recosider Baby

3. Goin' Home

4. Hard Hard Way

5. Oh Baby

6. Killing Floor

7. I Want You To Love Me

8. Top Of The Blues

9. Hush Hush

10. Miserable Woman

11. Keep On Movin'

12. Step On It

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites, great musicianship, May 29, 2009

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Barb - See all my reviews

This review is from: Top of the Blues (Audio CD)

This is in frequent rotation in my extensive blues collection; one of my favorite CDs. Formerly with Little Mike and the Tornadoes (who worked with Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Jimmy Rogers, Snooky Pryor, and Big Daddy Kinsey), Tony O is masterful, smooth, and soulful on guitar and vocals.

Between the demise of Little Mike and the Tornadoes and the formation of this band, Tony was a member of Willie Smith's Legendary Blues Band.

In this band, he is joined by former Tornadoes Brad Vickers on bass and Nick Luis on rhythm guitar. Rob Piazza plays drums on four tracks; the remainder of the tracks feature Willie "Big Eyes" Smith on drums (as well as some vocals). We have Pinetop Perkins here on piano, with Little Mike also contributing piano on one track, and Stan Bronstein on saxophone.

Seems nobody I know has ever heard of this guy. Given his stellar resume and associates, reputation on the Chicago blues scene, and the talent and spirit inherent in his performances, it's one of life's great mysteries.