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Cornbread
 Rondo’s
Blues Deluxe – Live
{Recorded September 12, 1987, live
at Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, MO | Blueberry
Hill Records}
Note…
It’s late in the wee wee hours somewhere
between today and tomorrow. I’m sitting
at my computer in near dark fixin’ to
start another review for you. Gotta hot cup
of joe and spilled it all over myself and my
desk. Mama heard the ruckus, came out and yelled
at me that I might wake the kids, now I got
the blues. – Cornbread
Rondo is St. Louis’ own blues guy. His
singing is awesome, it’s got a ton of
feeling and emotion, it’s full of soul
– that’s mojo baby.
Rondo
• Vocals, Harmonica & Percussion
Dennis 'Chicago Slim' Lansing
• Sax
Bobby Nickeson • Lead
& Slide Guitar
(Bobby was 28 when we recorded this album, unfortunately,
he died in October, 2002 at age 43)
Steve Waldman • Lead
& Slide Guitar
Gus Thornton • Bass
Kirk Sarkision • Drums
Tracks:
1. Loving You Is Just A Gamble
(5:07) – mojo abound, tasty sax solos
(two of them) from Chicago Slim.
2. I Got A Problem (5:30) –
blues funk, served up Rondo style.
3. The Sky Is Crying (4:06)
– Rondo takes it all the way downtown
from the U. City loop on this Elmore James song.
An excellent version!
4. Dust My Broom (5:17) –
red-hot, smokin’ blues.
5. I’ll Catch You On Your Way
Down (5:37) – “if this
ain’t the blues then what is”, great
guitar solo by Steve Walman and good walkin’
bass lines from the masterful Gus Thornton.
By the way, the guitar solo was the majority
of the song. Does it get any better than this?
6. Blues Medley (11:18) I’ll
Play The Blues For You, Cadillac Assembly Line,
The Thrill Is Gone, Ain’t Gonna Be The
First To Cry – four well done snippets
from classic blues tunes.
7. Medley Two (3:07) Manish Boy &
Hoochie Coochie Man – two of my favorite
Muddy Waters songs, Rondo does these right.
Here
it is 18 years since this live album was recorded
and Rondo tells me there will be another coming
out in 2005 – as for me, I can’t
wait. Someone say yea’. Check out Rondo
live, he is as good as ever (a lot less hair
than pictured here). I really enjoyed this CD
a lot. Rating 4.443.
“and
I'm the hoochie-coochie man, everybody knows
I'm here” – Willie Dixon
Ciao' for now, peace.
Peter 'Cornbread'
Cohen, CBP
Email - Cornbread@STLBlues
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