James Oliver

James Oliver's Rhythm & Blues Revue

(Self-issued)

A head-cutting warrior who knows his weapon damn well. Yes, James has long been hailed as the "Master of the Blackwood Boogie" (Blackwood having the distnction of being the man's place of origin). And his knowing touch, as pertains to fretboards and notes of Blues heredity, has robust impact here, given the similarly topflight gentlemen with whom he's surrounded himself.

Their dedication to sounds spectacular dips a hip in each compelling measure.

But James is as much an Ambassador of Cool, as anything else. Armed with his red, 1954 Tele dubbed "Brenda the Fender," he's preached the raw gospel of visceral intensity in over 2000 gigs, to adherents in the U.S., Norway, Sweden, France, Holland, and Ireland, as well as his own U.K. home.

Grooves put to wax here explain why those crowds surely abandoned themselves to earthy indulgences. This is exactly what heart-and-soul devotion rocks like.

Recommended: "T-Bone Shuffle," "I'm a King Bee," "Hoochie Coochie Man," "Got My Mojo Working," "Mind Your Own Business," "Rocket in My Pocket," "Can't Be Satisfied," "The Sky is Crying," "No Particular Place To Go," "Don't You Lie to Me"

Videos: taster   (the following are brief, non-LP clips)   "The Sky is Crying"   "?"   slide astonishment

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