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Great rocking blues

Bob Davis | Christchurch New Zealand | 02/18/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The 3 Gales brothers all play great guitar, truly a talented family. Manuel Gales took the name Little Jimmy, in honor of Jimi Hendrix. He was then "adopted" as the grandson of the late Albert King, and took the name Little Jimmy King. Obviously Albert also thought he could play. The album immediately punches into "Fight the power" and best illustrates the strength of the sounds: the inter-play between the three 'lead' guitars with greating rocking blues rhythms. 'Hand me down' also is powerful, with each player describing the progress of an old guitar handed on from father to son to brother etc and then playing their own licks. The other standouts are 'Somethin's got a hold on me' a more bluey track mixed with with great pyrotechnics, "House of blues", "Sign of the times" and "Talking in your sleep". I recommend the album if you like your blues uptempo with lots of guitar. If you like this album, you will probably also like Little Jimmy King's 'Something Inside of Me'."

GREAT BLUES GUITARS

HANS D HARMS | runaway bay, QLD Australia | 07/25/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you like the BLUES and the GUITAR, this is a no brainer. Every GALES brother is great in his own right, but together they are dynamite. I have been a fan of ERIC's for a number of years and this is as good or better. All 3 are great guitarists and this is an outstanding BLUES CD. BUY IT NOW!!!"