LAST LISTENED TO at least more than six months ago
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT not much
RATING
Maybe i'm just a bit cranky this morning (well more so than usual), but this track just isn't quite doing it for me. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad song. It's a pretty good version of this everyone-gives-it-a-go blues standard. If fact musically it's a hard to fault. There is an eighteen piece band playing on this and it includes some pretty big names from the British jazz scene of the time (including Ronnie Scott and John McLaughlin).
No, what's not doing for me is Mr. Fame himself. Being that he was primarily an organ player, it comes as no surprise that his voice lacks a certain something. It is, in fact, just a little too nasal and a bit whiny. Which is a real shame, because i do quite like this track. I only wish that Georgie-boy could be a little bit more convincing. He sounds far too lounge-tastic for this kind of blues.
Sadly, the rest of this 1968 LP is similarly unconvincing. A quick scan of the liner notes reveals the problem: the whole LP was planned by others whilst Fame was on tour of the US and doesn't appear to feature him playing his organ anywhere. Wrong, wrong, wrong. This is somewhat akin to having an instrumental Elvis album. I ask you.
1 comment:
You need to get up earlier. How can I read your blog with my breakfast if you don't post until late?
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