Lucky Peterson - Heart Of Pain (2010) flac

Tracklist:

[3:18] 01. Lucky Peterson - Out Of The Frying Pan
[4:49] 02. Lucky Peterson - Heart Of Pain
[4:01] 03. Lucky Peterson - A Woman Don't Care
[3:34] 04. Lucky Peterson - I Will Survive
[3:52] 05. Lucky Peterson - Age Ain't Nothing But A Number
[3:27] 06. Lucky Peterson - Oh Baby
[4:20] 07. Lucky Peterson - He's the Answer
[5:22] 08. Lucky Peterson - Brown Can't Be Bad
[5:17] 09. Lucky Peterson - Lucky's 88
[3:53] 10. Lucky Peterson - Bound To Make You Love Me
[3:18] 11. Lucky Peterson - I Won't Be Fooled

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ALBUM DESCRIPTION
Lucky Peterson’s journey through the blues has been a long and labyrinthine one. A child prodigy, he scored his first hit at the age of six, appeared on both The Tonight Show and The Ed Sullivan Show, and was a longtime member of Bobby "Blue" Bland's traveling and recording band before he got his own shot as a leader in the '80s. He’s a notable guitarist who also plays a hell of a piano and a Hammond B-3, is a fine vocalist and arranger. He’s recorded jazz and gospel albums -- he collaborated with Mavis Staples on the excellent Spirituals & Gospel: Dedicated to Mahalia Jackson. Heart of Pain is a return to (mostly) contemporary Chicago-style blues, on which Peterson plays lead guitar, keyboards, and sings. He is backed by his current road band and a three-piece horn section. Heart of Pain is his third recording for Great Britain's JSP imprint, and quite solid. It contains 11 tracks of old-school Chicago blues beginning with a rollicking reading of John Steadman's and Steve Washington’s “Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire” (they wrote the majority of the tunes here). The I-IV-V progression features a killer piano break from Peterson. The title track highlights Peterson's guitar muscle with a deeply soulful vocal. There is a slick gospel number on the set called “He’s the Answer,” penned with his sister, Tamara, who offers a fine duet performance. Another roadhouse rocker is the stellar “I Will Survive,” with its punchy horns, B-3, and stinging guitar fills. There’s a strutting piano workout called “Lucky’s 88” and the set closes with the funky “I Won't Be Found,” featuring a swaggering horn chart. In sum, this is a great place to catch Peterson at what he does best, and yet another chapter in his blues sojourn. ~ Thom Jurek

ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
Total length: 00:45:06
Main artist: Lucky Peterson
Label: JSP Records
Genre: Blues/Country/Folk, Blues