ELVIN BISHOP "RED DOG SPEAKS" Source: Radio Feedback

"I've received the new album of Elvin BISHOP, thanks. I'm listening, the music is superlative. That's the Real Blues!"

- Serge WARIN (Radio Canal Bleu / 19130 OBJAT / France)

"Thanks for keeping me up to date with all the great music from Delta Groove I did spin the entire new Elvin last week on my album spotlight @ the begining of my show and recieved great responce."

- Mike Urick (Program Director & Host, Blues After Hours 89.1 WBSD FM)

"Love Elvins' new release. I played it right out of the box and featured two tracks an hour for five hours. It's that good!"

- Jim Santella 88.7 WBFO

"I played three cuts from Elvin's new album on THE BLUES HOUSE PARTY this past Saturday night (Fat & Sassy, Barbecue Boogie and Many Rivers to Cross). The album is really good."

- Matthew Socey (Host/Producer, THE BLUES HOUSE PARTY / WFYI 90.1 FM / Indianapolis)

"Red Dog Speaks is pure Elvin.  Great musianship, solid songs and Elvins disarming showmanship. Start to finish, Elvin's best release in a long long time."

- Jon Norton | Music Director (WGLT)

elvin bishop's new cd "red dog speaks" is a can't miss. of course, "red dog" is elvin's beloved guitar, scratch marks and all, and it speaks throughout the album. he has as many guests on this date as any that i can recall. and they don't just guest, as elvin let's them stretch out with him. on the tune i played this past weekend "many rivers to cross" john nemeth did the vocals and he did them as if he had written the song. so i say "elvin, keep it up like you have for so many years now".

- roger slugg - host of "take names later blues" on kunr-fm (kunr.org)        

If you're lookin' for a CD to play at your next party, "Red Dog Speaks" by Elvin Bishop is a great find. Elvin's been at this thing for over 40 years now and it all sounds effortless, but don't be fooled; He's a master of his craft. His catalogue numbers over twenty releases and this one may be his finest yet! Because of their close relationship with the instrument, many guitarists give their "axes" names. Elvin gets things rolling here using his familiar "Pigboy Crabshaw" character to pay tribute to his Gibson ES-335 that he calls "Red Dog". Superb soul singer John Nemeth lends his vocals to the old Huey P. Meaux classic "Neighbor, Neighbor". "Fat And Sassy" is lots of fun with it's humorous lyrics and heavy dose of Elvin's superb slide playing. The instrumental "Barbecue Boogie" just plain smokes! Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers To Cross" doesn't seem as out of place here as it might seem with John Nemeth again providing soulful vocals. "Blues Cruise" was apparently actually recorded on one and features a number of the other blues stars that have played on them. The list of stars playing with Elvin on this track is pretty danged impressive: Ronnie Baker Brooks, Tommy Castro, Buckwheat Zydeco, Roy Gaines, John Nemeth on harp, the rhythm section of Ruth Davies and June Core plus some rubboard by Sir Reginald Master Dural! The blues cruise industry couldn't buy better advertising. Changing the CD's mood yet again is "Doo-Wop Medley" which is exactly what it says, Doo Wop, but Elvin Bishop style. John Nemeth returns to help cover Otis Spann's "Get Your Hand Out Of My Pocket". The traditional tune "His Eye Is On The Sparrow" includes a brass section while "Clean Livin' ", another hilarious Pigboy Crabshaw tune about getting old, features only Elvin and "Red Dog". The "Midnight Hour Blues" written by Leroy Carr brings this disk to a close, but your party should sho nuff be cookin' by now.

- Somethin' Blue Radio Show (Steve Stoddard)

GREAT CD!  Listened to it last night...you can be assured I'll be playing a couple tracks this Sunday on The Riverside Blues Show here in Grand Forks.

- Steve Stoddard

Well, I lived with the new Elvin Bishop CD for the weekend, and picked 4 songs from "Red Dog Speaks" for the show tonight.   I've got to say listening to the CD felt like listening to an after-hours session with some friends.  The songs were skillful, laid back, and most importantly fun.  I love the title song and the Nemeth vocals are first class throughout as is Elvin's talking blues style.  This is the kind of blues album that the old blues masters make - excellent musicianship, great groove, and an easy sound that really is damned difficult to write and perform.  An excellent record.

- Robert Markham (WXCI Danbury CT)