I Want My Roots

John Sebastian | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 12, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Music Masters Jazz
• ASIN: B000000FPQ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #246,196 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The "roots" refer to the blues and the jug, January 30, 2005

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Tad Nastic "Tad" (place USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Want My Roots (Audio CD)

Although I've came across this CD indirectly, I've come to appreciate it more and more with every listen. It's a fun do-it-yourself music appreciation party performed by pros. "Ain't No Place To Hobo Anymore" positively rocks (or, more precisely, rolls in a rocking way). The CD features many singers, all of fine quality, including Sebastian, whose voice is hoarser than his Spoonful days, but effective. The instrumentation is also right-on, which includes electric guitar, drums, mouth-harp, stompboard, and jug n' tub extraordinaire Fritz Richmond, among others. Old blues-man Yank Rachell adds a few songs for extra character, and this CD has plenty of it.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The heart's still there, even if the voice isn't, April 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: I Want My Roots (Audio CD)

This collection from John Sebastian and the J-Band is sort of an all-star jug band, with the addition of the late Yank Rachell, Rory Block, Paul Rishell and Annie Raines in addition to J-Band regulars Fritz Richmond, Jimmy Viviano and James Wormsworth. Sebastian's heart and soul have always been with this music, even as he rose and fell on the pop/rock charts. In a way, it's a shame that this real jug band material comes when John's pipes are shot. He just cannot sing any more. But he's still got the feeling for the music and he's still got the harmonica and guitar. Please give us more like this.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super, fast delivery, April 10, 2007

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Donald H. Peterson "dp55304" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Want My Roots (Audio CD)

I was totally suprised when the CD showed up in my mail just a couple of days after I ordered it.

You must have ran all the way to the post office.