Honeyboy Edwards - Shake 'Em On Down (Hybrid SACD)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards, guitar, vocals
Madison Slim, harmonica
Jimmy D. Lane, guitar
1 Hybrid SACD
Original analog Master tape : YES
Stereo
Studio
Label : APO Records
Original Label : APO Records
Recorded at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, Kansas on February 20-21, 1999
Engineered by Katsuhiko Naito
Produced by Chad Kassem
Mastered by Kevin Gray
Released in 2000
Tracks:
- High Water Everywhere
- Drop Down Mama
- Monkey Face Woman
- Shake 'Em On Down
- Louise Louise Blues
- Ponu Blues
- Anna Lee
- Standing On The Corner
- West Memphis Blues
- Bald Headed Woman
- Bullfrog Blues
- Take Me In Your Arms
- Interview: Lord I Got To Go
Reviews :
"This 1999 session finds Honeyboy working his acoustic magic in the company of Madison Slim on harmonica and Jimmy D. Lane, son of the late Jimmy Rogers, on second guitar. Recorded at the Blue Heaven Studios (a converted church) in Salina, Kansas, this is a pretty inspired session with Edwards running through old classics like Charlie Patton's "High Water Everywhere" and "Pony Blues," "Drop Down Mama," "Shake 'Em on Down," "Anna Lee," "Bullfrog Blues," and "Monkey Face Woman." As an added bonus, there's also an interview with this fascinating bluesman, making this session a real keeper. One of his best." AllMusic Review by Cub Koda
"A succession of grizzled old blues men have passed through the Blue Heaven Studio doors and all without exception have proved worthy of audiophile treatment be it on SACD or 180g LP. Edwards, a magical and quite vigorous guitarist, is another of those who has the Mississippi Delta running through their octogenarian veins...sends out an unmistakably authentic message to all those younger pretenders like the Eric Bibbs and Keb Mos who can't really hope to match these earthy and tightly grained life experiences which inform his every chord." Reuben Parry, Hi-Fi+, Issue 31, page 135-
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 , Discogs : 4 / 5