Paul Wood - Blues is my Business (2001)
Artist: Paul Wood
Title: Blues is my Business
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: LucyRecords002
Genre: Blues Rock
Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
Total Time: 00:48:34
Total Size: 329 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
TracklistTitle: Blues is my Business
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: LucyRecords002
Genre: Blues Rock
Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
Total Time: 00:48:34
Total Size: 329 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
01. She Don't Play By The Rules
02. Blues Guitar
03. Cryin' Won't Help Ya
04. Blues Is My Business
05. Blame It On The Whiskey
06. Seventh Day
07. Another Day
08. Everything Dies But The Blues
09. Don't Call Me
10. The Mojo Man
With the recent passing of blues giant John Lee Hooker, there are now few of the true founding fathers left with us. Though the men who began and molded this great music have gone on to join the "choir invisible", each have left many disciples and former sidemen behind to carry on in their great tradition.
Among Hooker's many former associate axe slingers is the outstanding Memphis based blues/rocker Paul Wood. Wood, who recorded 3 albums with Hooker in the 70's, returns with his second solo CD "Blues Is My Business" which features 10 original and smoking tracks. The CD is a perfect example of the kind that we try to review for you at Bluesrockers:
excellent original material, strong backing players, well produced, enjoyable vocals, good from start to finish, and including the kind of stinging guitar that could peel the barnacles off of the hull of a sunken pirate ship.
Wood's style is in the Trout/Thackery/Montoya vein, which means that it is both powerfully intense while at the same time retaining a gentle beauty. "Blame It On The Whiskey" demonstates this as well as any other track on the set. And, this is music from Memphis, so you know there will also be well played horns backing the band. "Everything Dies But The Blues" features both acoustic and electric slide, along with Wood's signature blues/rocking electric leads. There is an acoustic Delta blues offering "The Mojo Man", which also includes some tasty harp notes to augment Wood's acoustic slide. Track after track is excellent but more than that, the entire recording is just plain enjoyable. I suppose Woods sums up his own work best with the lyrics of his blistering title track, when he sings "I'm open for business in your neighborhood. Blues is my business, and business is good".
