Sam Myers Coming From The Old School
Released : 2004
Label: Electro-Fi Records
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It's taken Sam Myers fully 50 years to make his first solo album. But he's no stranger to either stage or studio, having worked with Elmore James and Anson Funderburgh. For his debut he's assembled a top-notch band, led by guitarist Mel Brown, to work not so much behind him as with him. Brown is a standout as an accompanist, offering wonderful decoration to "I Got the Blues" and "Burning Fire." But understandably, it's Myers who's the star of the show, and his driving harmonica playing carries its own momentum, as on his version of Rice Miller's "Ninety Nine." But there's also a very pleasing grit to his singing, whether on the slow and deeply soulful"After Hours When the Joint Is Closed," or "Waitin' On Your Mama," which could have come directly from the Chicago school of blues. It might have taken him five decades to get to this, but from the music on the disc, not a single minute was wasted. ~ Chris Nickson
Recording information: Liquid, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (01/12/2004-01/14/2004).
Tracklist:
1. I'm Tired Of Your Jive
2. Ninety Nine
3. I Got A Thing For The Voodoo Woman
4. Burning Fire
5. Waitin' On You Mama
6. I Got The Blues
7. My Daily Wish
8. You Don't Know What Love Is All About
9. Coming From The Old School
10. Country Boy
11. Money Is My Downfall
12. After Hours When The Joint Is Closed
13. Packing Up My Blues
14. Let You Slowly Bring Me Down
Sam Myers (vocals, harmonica, bass)
Alec Fraser (bass)
Mel Brown (guitar, piano)
Jack de Keyzer (guitar)
Pat Carey (saxophone)
Michael Fonfara (piano, organ)
Jimmy Boudreau (drums)
