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Tracklist (CD)
| 1 | | The Sun Medley: Mystery Train, My Baby Left Me, That's All Right Mama | | | | 2 | | Tell Me About It | | | | 3 | | Weatherman | | | | 4 | | Mary Lou | | | | 5 | | Have A Little Faith In Me | | | | 6 | | The Wanderer | | | | 7 | | Just You And Me | | |
See more tracks| 8 | | One More Last Chance | | | | 9 | | Lay Around And Love On You | | | | 10 | | He Will Break Your Heart | | |
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Review
At sixty-three, Delbert McClinton is an elder statesman of Texas music, a blues-and-roots giant who played harmonica with legends such as Howlin' Wolf, taught John Lennon to blow harp, wrote songs for country stars like Vince Gill and dueted with Bonnie Raitt. Like many of his ilk, the Lubbock-born McClinton's true magic is in his live show, as evidenced by his Grammy winning 1989 album, Live From Austin. His latest, titled simply Live, is his second from-the-stage release, recorded at the Bergen Blues Festival in Norway, and it's… Read More a perfect snapshot of a sweaty, roadhouse-rockin' night. Sure, McClinton has been playing some of these songs for years -- a handful, like Otis Redding's moving "I've Got Dreams to Remember" and a Blues Brothers' favorite McClinton original, "B-Movie Box Car Blues," even appeared on the last live record. But McClinton's soulful, scratchy vocals and bluesy harp play nicely off of Rob McNelley's stinging guitar solos, while Kevin McKendree's fingers hit the piano like a rainstorm. Together, the septet sounds like the house band, no matter whose house they're in.
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