Abi Wallenstein - Step In Time (2003)

As Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker or B.B. King recorded their best songs, Abi Wallenstein was a young bung and the blues was experiencing a boom in Germany. This is several decades ago, the blues are hardly made of real personalities, instead zealous studying neo-traditionalists and old sidemen of deceased legends rule the quite predictable output.

Wallenstein is now older, singing something in "Keep the blues alive" somewhere, but he does not have to worry. When this raspy voice is heard, when his converted Höfnerklampfe sounds like the National of Son House, but nevertheless really goes into the ear, when Abi the Beatles or the Stones re-recorded as bold as these once the black journeymen from over there, then cheers are due , There is another blues musician who does not stick to catechisms and catalogs. With famous guests on harp, accordion, drums, tuba or the Spanish cajon Step In Time can be enjoyed well. The menu includes Gumbo from New Orleans, brute roots from Detroit, peppered stuff from Mississippi, the taxman from Liverpool and the salt from the Alster.(google)