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JOHN
LONG "LOST & FOUND"
Source: City - Rochester's
Alternative Newsweekly
Date: 04/2006
Writer: Frank De Blase |
When
a blues artist successfully rides the train between
broke-dick desperation, desire, and overwhelming
joy, the blues, in my mind anyway, are truly defined.
St. Louis’ John Long plays those stripped-down,
countrified blues on his new CD Lost & Found,
featuring 12 tracks of pre-war Delta and Chicago
blues recorded in one day, baby.
Born in 1950, Long has been
playing for 30-plus years and yet surprisingly
this is his first full-length release.
But where a lot blues artists
get bogged down in the rudiments, Long embraces
the ol’ tried ’n’ true and
gets more out of a dobro and the stomp of his
shoe (just dig “Foot Stompin’ Daddy”)
than most can wring out of a whole band. The
music herein boogies and boils. It is mesmerizing
and electrifying and will stop you where you
stand.
John Long is mucho authentic.
He’s got cats like John Hammond salivating
and singing his praises. I mean, Muddy Waters
himself gave the man his blessing and the thumbs
up more than 20 years ago. What else do you
need, for crissakes? |
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