Kai Strauss And the Electric Blues All Stars
Format Details: 2CD
Release Date: 17 June 2022
Label: Continental Blue Heaven
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 8713762320461
Genres: Blues Electric Blues
Description
Re-Release of the highjly successful live double album of one of Europe's most prolific blues guitarists.
In these live recordings, Kai Strauss vibrates with deep musical understanding and shows a real grounding in fundamentals and an instinctive urge to fit together the right notes and solos. - there is nothing here that is filled with uncalled-for, frenzied guitar lines. Nothing mechanical or out of place. His repertoire on this CD sounds as if it came from Theresa's Lounge in Chicago 1967. You can't actually label Strauss as Just another European and separate him out from American artists - he is too good for that. In fact, he's just about the last of musicians still jumping the authentic Blues with inspired fine blues guitar improvisation firmly grounded in that old Chicago-bred music that we all love. In choosing his songs or the appropriate intros, he shows the killer instinct that the old masters like Magic Sam had - Highway Blues is one example. Strauss' so good here it's scary.
Clearly, Real Blues is embedded in Kai's skull, and I think he finally did it and is steering himself fittingly. As BB King says on his greatest live recording: We're going to do our best to try and move you tonight – if you like the blues, I think we can." . Kai Strauss and his ace band will do the same here. (excerpts from the liner notes)
Tracklisting
Robert Jon And The Wreck
Kai Strauss And the Electric Blues All Stars
Johnny Mastro & Mama's Boys
Chris Bergson
Kai Strauss
Meena Cryle & Chris Fillmore Band
Big Daddy Wilson & Goosebumps Bros.
Trudy Lynn
Toronzo Cannon
Patti Parks
Chris O'Leary
Melvin Taylor
Bob Corritore & Friends
Sue Foley
Svante Sjoblom
Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia
