Track Listings (11) - Disc #1| All Artists: Jimmie Vaughan Title: Do You Get the Blues? Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Mauso Release Date: 7/22/2008 Album Type: Import Genres: Blues, Rock Styles: Regional Blues, Texas Blues, Electric Blues, Modern Blues, Blues Rock, Roots Rock Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 |
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 | Jimmie Vaughan Do You Get the Blues? Genres: Blues, Rock
Jimmie Vaughan is a master of mood, but not ostentatiously so; he's too slick for that. You think you're getting a slab of solid electric blues with Do You Get the Blues?--and as a matter of fact, you are--but this particu... more » |
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Amazon.com Jimmie Vaughan is a master of mood, but not ostentatiously so; he's too slick for that. You think you're getting a slab of solid electric blues with Do You Get the Blues?--and as a matter of fact, you are--but this particular slab cuts all the way to the bone. It begins innocuously enough, with a relaxed instrumental piece set to a shuffle beat, until you realize the track's called "Dirty Girl." Then things slow down even more for "Out of the Shadows," and this one looks like a downer, but no, Vaughan addresses an upbeat subject here. Likewise, "Off the Deep End" ambles along amiably enough, but there's a current of tension underpinning the song, until we reach the line "And the water's fine." Here, the music relaxes, mirroring the lyrics. And so on, through a cover of "Power of Love" (with killer vocals from fellow Texan Lou Ann Barton), so that when "Without You" suits music to sentiment, it has even more impact. This subtlety is Vaughan's mastery at work. He does what you don't expect, contrasting music with subject matter, avoiding musical clichés like the plague, and doing all of it so offhandedly that you never realize what he's up to. Hence the flute on "Don't Let the Sun Set" is moving, as opposed to cheesy, while "In the Middle of the Night" has a sexy, swinging beat and heartbroken lyrics. True, Vaughan is a better musician than he is a lyricist, but he's good enough at the former that few are likely to complain. --Genevieve Williams Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsThe magic returns! rockrollmusicislife | Redding, CT | 03/01/2003 (5 out of 5 stars) "Jimmie's magic touch is back! You know, the touch. The style of those early Fab T-Bird albums that made you sigh in elation. The touch that turned Stevie Ray (you may remember him, the Double Trouble guy) into a master player. Whatever it is that he lost in a sea of boring, over commercial, T-Bird albums or his sub-par solo albums, he got back with a vengeance on this Grammy-winning blues classic.So what is it that grabs you about this album? A stripped back production (reminiscent of the T-Bird's Girls Go Wild), less attention on outside instruments and more on what you buy a JV album for (that powerful guitar), the duets with fellow hot Texan Lou Ann Barton (as much soul as Janis Joplin, she has), and a unique sound just as powerful as brother Stevie. Though while Stevie leaned towards the on-edge, caffeinated, power blues of Buddy Guy and Hendrix, Jimmie goes for a more laid back feel, relying on jazz/R&B arrangements (use of flute on Don't Let the Sun Set and Planet Bongo) and loose bar band blues (the sparse, clublike production), ala Guitar Watson and T-Bone Walker. Too add, Jimmie has a voice that perfectly compliments it, when his guitar isn't doing the talking. He never seems to be taking the music very seriously, just kicking back and taking it easy. (For some of the newbies to the blues, think Norah Jones.) And really, don't we need that?So if you feel music sometimes works too hard, and long for the days of the real T-Birds, then Jimmie Vaughan's Do You Get the Blues is a Godsend to you. He's on to something here, now let's hope he sticks to it." Smokin' Lee Armstrong | Winterville, NC United States | 09/14/2003 (5 out of 5 stars) "Jimmie Vaughan literally smokes on this Grammy-nominated set from 2001. The entire CD is great with 4 tracks hitting "classic" status for me. The opener instrumental "Dirty Girl" smokes with a classic Chicago blues feel; penned by organist Bill Willis, his Hammond B-3 blazes through the track. On "Power of Love" Lou Ann Barton's churning vocal blows through Jimmie's guitar like a cyclone making this track one that smokes with the best classic tracks. On "Let Me In" Jimmie creates a throbbing track with a deep groove that mesmerizes. Johnny Wilson's "In the Middle of the Night" has Lou Ann Barton coming back for another guest vocal that smokes from beginning to end. The other tracks are also great such as "Don't Let the Sun Set" with its extended instrumental opening before Jimmie lays down some impassioned vocals, "Are you just going to stand there and watch me go?" "Do You Get the Blues?" is another strong outing for Jimmie Vaughan, some of the hottest grooves you'll hear. Enjoy!" It needs to be settled into. . | Chicago, IL USA | 07/22/2004 (4 out of 5 stars) "The difference between JV and other guitar heroes is that he does not up the intensity as time goes by; he finds his groove and works it forever. If you're a rave-up fan, it'll never come, but if you settle in with the band, you'll get more and more out of it as the set unfolds. Still, only four stars; JV's 'tight' style only goes so far."
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