George "Harmonica" Smith – Pick Your Choice

George "Harmonica" Smith – Pick Your Choice (uudenveroinen)

Label:Essential Media Group – none

Format:CDr, Reissue, Remastered

Country:US

Released:2013

Genre:Blues

Style:Harmonica Blues, Electric Blues

Track Listings

1Stockholm Swing

2Trouble, Trouble (feat. Long Gone Miles)

3Think I'll Go Out Drinkin' (feat. Doug MacLeod)

4Baby Please (feat. Evans Walker)

5Misty

6Bad Luck At My Door

7Don't Be Nobody's Fool (feat. Blind Joe Hill)

852 Cards In A Deck (feat. William Clarke and The Nightowls)

Editorial Reviews

“Pick Your Choice with George “Harmonica” Smith” is an unusual blues LP from the early 1980’s that features an interesting assortment of blues harmonica players starting with George “Harmonica” Smith who played in Muddy Water’s band in the mid 1950’s and again in the mid 1960’s before joining forces with Big Mama Thornton in the 1970’s. George leads the proceedings here and is featured on 3 tracks in the Chicago blues vein; Lightnin’ Hopkins’ sideman Luke “Long Gone’ Miles” demonstrates his country blues style; while one man band Blind Joe Hill plays guitar, harmonica and drums at the same time.

Three protégés of George “Harmonica” Smith also appear with one track apiece – William Clarke (Harmonica), who is featured with his band The Nightowls; the New York bluesman Doug McLeod (Vocals, Guitar) and Evans Walker (Guitar) rounds out the set. Sidemen include Lloyd Glenn (Piano), Dennis Walker (Bass), Bernie Pearl (Guitar), J.D. Nicholson (Piano) and Eddie Heans (Drums). All selections have been newly remastered.

Recorded in October 1982 at McCoy Studio, Los Angeles, CA