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It was a great show, I am sure that Albert now knows that Toronto does know who Albert Cummings is and we hope he comes back soon.Check out his first release, The Long Way, with his band called the Swamp Yankees. I arrived at the club early, the doors were open so I walked up the stairs to the main room. It was May 22nd 2009. Just ask Tommy Shannon, who plays with Albert quite often. The show was as intense as SRV at the Elmacombo, with as much blood, sweat and tears being sqeezed out of that poor abused strat that he could get. All of the cd's by Albert are worth having.
Not really just for us, although it seemed like it. I had a smile on my face that hurt.My friend Pat and I were the only 2 people in the club and we sat and watched Albert and the band perform 3 songs, just for us. It was amazing. We had a quick chat and I mentioned that it was about time he had made it to Toronto. I recently had the great pleasure of seeing Albert perform live at the Silver Dollar Club in Toronto. It is no secret that SRV is one of his biggest influences, in fact he did say that during his show. I wonder if he was aware the Elmacombo was only a block down the street from the Silver Dollar.
The crowd was going nuts as Albert played on and on and on. Albert was chatting with the crowd as well as mingling with as many fans as possible during their break. Albert was very happy to sign my cd cover as well as shoot the shi.for a few minutes. As I was climbing the stairs I could hear the band warming-up and doing the sound check. There is a review written by his then drummer and the circumstances behind the cd.
Albert said he was concerned that nobody would show up because he wasn't sure if Toronto knew who he was. Needless to say that Toronto showed Albert that we appreciated him and the band. Very interesting. You know who Tommy is, don't you.
I was browsing and read Good reviews about Albert Cummings and since I haven't got any of his music in my collection decided to buy Feel So Good Live CD and thought it was Great just like the tittle Recommended.
I could describe other songs in similar detail. has to make you smile. I wanted to take the time to help someone else speed up their decision. blues song. and three songs were over 7-minutes long.
is worthless. let alone a few weeks. "BARRELHOUSE BLUES" is a 7-minute-19-second string-bending demonstration of what the blues are all about. and 6 out of the 11 songs were over 5-minutes-30 seconds long. that is a better signal. great. and am always investigating on Amazon.
The artist can't even tune his strings in 30 seconds. and also add that Albert wrote six of the songs himself. and after I listened to the 30 second minuscule samples on Amazon. I had this CD pop up as a recommended buy to me based on my buying history a couple of months ago. string bending. and I heard a long.
when they're his words. I don't know about you. that I've heard. Then one day while I was brushing my teeth I had XM Bluesville on my TV. of joy.
This is a tremendous electric-blues-rock live performance. But a lesson learned. I am an electric blues and blue/rock fanatic. especially with electric blues. I was so mad at myself for holding off with my buying decision. where the part where the crowd joins in. is the length of songs.
Albert bends the strings like SRV and his 8-minute-39-second medley "HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN/DIXIE CHICKEN" is a classic. Of course this is no guarantee that they would be good. and I turned around and saw that it was Albert Cummings' "FEEL SO GOOD". I wasn't impressed enough to buy it. And I must add that this song is the first live performance. I read the few BLUES magazines available. and to say I'm thrilled is an absolute understatement. but one of my 3 or 4 main criteria's when it comes to electric blues.
*YOU-WILL-NOT-BE-DISAPPOINTED* The reason I entitled this review in the way I did. I spend at least 25% of my free time researching electric blues. which always makes me enjoy the music more. because I figure the artist feels the words more.
I then ordered this CD. than a 30 second sound bite. Well. is that a 30 second sample. and not miss out on even a few days.
I then went back to Amazon to see the song lengths (not all Amazon products have that listed). but to me. was because once I got this CD. like I did.
i bought this cd because it was recomended by amazon WOW Im glad i did I love his style, voice well everything, I ordered 2 other cd by him and they arent quite as good as this live version but they desirve 5 stars also. I'll soon have all he has released
From the great cover songs to Albert's originals, this CD is a must buy for anyone that loves Blues/Rock music. Eleven total songs of pure Albert Cummings on guitar and vocals, Dan Broad on bass and Aaron Scapin on drums. One of the best live albums by far I've ever heard. And something Albert told me not long ago in Chicago, was that he had been sick the entire week before this show with strep throat. Does it get any better than this. Hardly. Once taking the stage all the sickness went away and Albert went on stage and just wowed this audience. But that's nothing new for Albert and Band, they do that night after night.
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