Two Johnsons Are Better Than One

Syl Johnson (Artist), Jimmy Johnson (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 7, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Evidence
• ASIN: B0000663YZ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,498 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Two Johnsons Are Better Than One

2. Uncomplicated Life

3. I Used To Be A Millionaire

4. Is It Because I'm Black

5. If I Wuz White

6. I Feel The Pain

7. Oprah

8. Ashes In The Ashtray

9. Dangerous

10. Let Her Go

11. Living The Life

12. I Can't Survive

13. Goodie Goodie Goodtime

14. Bottoms Up

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real pair of BLUES BROTHERS!, February 28, 2005

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Sam Mosley "The Junkyard Junky" (Toronto, Ontario) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Two Johnsons Are Better Than One (Audio CD)

I have been a Jimmy Johnson fan for a few years now, and I am somewhat familiar with Syl Johnson's career. This is the first time that these siblings recorded together and they put together a terrific set of soul and blues. Jimmy has recorded many of these songs before and he is able to put quite a bit of life into these new versions of them. It is noted that many of the Syl Johnson songs are also remakes and they to sound terrific. The duo shares the vocals on several songs including the funky title track, the bluesy "I Used to be a Millionare", and several other tunes. Syl does a few topical numbers ("Is It Because I'm Black", "If I Wuz White"), a tribute to the famed tv talk show host ("Oprah") and several other very fine originals. Jimmy let's his guitar get down on the instrumental "Bottom's Up".
This cd went fairly unnoticed when it was first released which is a shame, considering the quality of the music involved. Both Jimmy and Syl have had fairly distinguished careers on their own and so it was nice to hear them record this relaxed, enjoyable set of blues and soul.