THE MANNISH BOYS "LOWDOWN FEELIN" Source: Yaxley Blues Club 2 Date: 02/2009 Writer: n/a

We have listed this Delta Groove CD previously as an  import but this CD has now been released in the UK. 17 tracks of real blues pleasure. Grammy nominated in the ‘Best Traditional Blues Category’, The Mannish Boys are a blues band based in Los Angeles, California and are made up of a pool of musicians but the core is comprised of Kid Ramos, Kirk Fletcher, Franck Goldwasser, Randy Chortkoff, Ronnie James Weber, Tom Leavey and Richard Innes. They play classic blues in West Coast, Texas and Chicago styles and the musicians on this CD consist of all star veteran members of the West Coast blues scene including Little Sammy Davis, Fred Scribner, Junior Watson, Lynwood Slim, Al Blake and Fred Kaplan. There is nothing on this CD that hasn’t been done before, like Searchin’ Blues is very close to Robert Johnson’s Walkin’ Blues. Like many blues songs, there are similarities to many others but the difference on this CD is that  the songs are laid down so convincingly having everything that’s great about traditional blues – it’s a melting pot of traditional blues. There’s some spot on trad. Harp from Little Sammy Davis and a mix of electric bass and thumping upright. If you like today’s straight down the line traditional blues you’ll want this CD. Highly recommended.