Live at B.L.U.E.S. [LIVE]

Jimmy Burns

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 27, 2007)
• Original Release Date: February 20, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Delmark
• ASIN: B000LP4NSY
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #171,683 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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About the Artist

Jimmy Burns, vocals, guitar, harmonica
Tony Palmer, guitar
Greg McDaniel, bass
James Carter, drums
Jesse Fortune, vocal on Three O'Clock Blues
Recorded at 24bit/96kHz High Resolution Audio live on August 13, 2006

Product Description

Born in Dublin, Mississippi in 1943, Jimmy Burns derived his earliest inspiration from the records of Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and others. After Jimmy moved to Chicago in the mid-'50s he discovered a scene that was perfect for the meld of traditional blues, churchy emotionalism, and forward-looking pop/R&B sophistication that by then comprised his musical aesthetic. When he finally signed with Delmark in the mid-'90s, he was primed and ready to take his place as a leading blues recording artist. Live at B.L.U.E.S. captures perfectly the indelible combination of ebullient good spirits, warm-hearted intimacy, and sharp-witted intelligence that characterizes Jimmy Burns, as both a musician and a man.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Burns gives lively performance, April 26, 2007

By	R. Weinstock (Falls Church, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Younger brother of the veteran bluesman Eddie Burns, the Mississippi-born bluesman has distinguished his modern Chicago blues with some tastefully integrated soul accents. His latest Delmark disc (and DVD) is Live at B.L.U.E.S., the celebrated Chicago club. With his solid band of second guitar, Tony Palmer; Greg McDaniel, bass; and James Carter, drums, Burns launches his live set with what is perhaps his signature song, Leaving Here Walking, with striking guitar and his vocal of leaving and going back to his woman back in Mississippi. Its a crisply delivered performance with a solid solo as well. Mixing in other Burns originals like Better Know What You're Doing and Miss Annie Lou with fresh, interesting reworkings of Little Walter's Can't Hold Out Much Longer, and Elmore James' Wild About You, Baby, Burns showcases his aching, soulful singing with fine playing. Perhaps a few songs go on a bit too long and some solos are more jams over a bass vamp, but this is a live performance after all and is representative of the solid performances by Burns that this writer has seen. A bonus is a guest appearance by Jesse Fortune who is terrific on Lowell Fulson's Three O'Clock Blues which is mis-attributed to B.B. King. There is nearly 70 minutes on the CD and the DVD has an additional two songs for 80 minutes. I have never been the B.L.U.E.S. and wonder if the room is a narrow room with a somewhat small stage as many of the camera angles of the performers are directed upward at the faces or instruments of Burns and band members and not many at eye level and less crowd shots say than the wonderful videos of Mississippi Heat and Tail Dragger. Still the additional songs are not filler and could have been interchanged with some of the songs on the CD without changing the quality of the cd. Thanks Delmark for another solid CD/DVD release.

4.0 out of 5 stars Terrific album Live at B.L.U.E.S.,my review from Barcelona, January 9, 2008

By	Jose Maria Domenech Fedi - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Younger brother 64 years old of the veteran bluesman Eddie Burns, the Mississippi-born bluesman Jimmy Burns that began playing guitar about the age of ten, has distinguished his modern Chicago blues with some tastefully integrated soul accents and churchy emotionalism. He derived his earliest inspiration from the music of John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters and others.
This record `Live at B.L.U.E.S.' really is great, very great, I knew it because I've heard Jimmy in others registers `Leaving here walking' or `Back to the Delta' frankly first class. Returning to the ` live at Blues' all the Blues in the record are very good but it is only fair to emphasize that Lowell Fulson's "Three O'Clock Blues" with Jesse Fortune appearance is absolutely terrific, "Country Boy in the City" is vocal - guitar exhibition, "Miss Annie Lou" typical of his repertorie and very amussing, great and real Chicago Blues with Little Walter's "Can't Hold Out Much Longer", boogie at maximum and explosive guitar with "Better Know What You're Doing" in conclusion a very great register. I recommend it highly and give it 4,5 stars.