Rory Block Turning Point
Released :1989 (1996 in USA)
Label: Zensor /Munich
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Aurora "Rory" Block has staked her claim to be one of America's top acoustic blues women, an interpreter of the great Delta blues singers, a slide guitarist par excellence, and also a talented songwriter on her own account. Born and raised in Manhattan by a family that had bohemian leanings, she spent her formative years hanging out with musicians like Peter Rowan, John Sebastian, and Geoff Muldaur, who hung out in her father's sandal shop, before picking up the guitar at the age of ten. Her record debut came two years later, backing her father on The Elektra String Band Project, a concept album. She met guitarist Stefan Grossman, who, like her, was in love with the blues. The pair would often travel to the Bronx to visit Reverend Gary Davis, one of the greatest living bluesmen.
Tracklist:
01. Turning Point
02. Holdin' On
03. Far Away
04. All Of My Life
05. Spider Boy
06. Train of Thought (Gedachtentrein)
07. All As One
08. Heather's Song
09. Old Times Are Gone
10. Leavin' Here
11. Down The Highway
12. Tomorrow
Personnel:
Rory Block (Acoustic, Slide Guitar, Vocals)
Arlen Roth (Slide Guitar)
Alan Gorrie, Steve Kahn (Electric Guitar)
Scott Spray, Mark Egan (Bass)
Ron Bach (Synthesizers, Drum Programming, Organ)
Willie Wilcox, Steve Gadd (Drums)
Warren Bernhardt (Strings, Piano)
Hans Theessink (Harmonica, Mandolin)
