Anson Funderburgh - The Best of Anson Funderburgh: Blast Off

Title: The Best of Anson Funderburgh: Blast Off Artist: Anson Funderburgh Release Date: 6/20/2006 Label: Shout! Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 826663100600 Genre: Blues Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Electric Texas Blues, Texas Blues, Contemporary Blues, Modern Electric Texas Blues Moods: Bright, Stylish, Earnest, Rollicking, Amiable/Good-Natured, Energetic, Swaggering, Earthy, Gritty, Organic, Reverent, Rousing, Yearning, Boisterous, Lively, Street-Smart, Passionate Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Tell Me What Have I Done Wrong?
2. A Man Needs His Loving
3. Come On
4. Rambling Woman
5. Tomorrow Will Find Me the Same Way
6. I'm Your Professor
7. $100 Bill
8. Hard-Hearted Woman
9. The Blues Seem to Follow Me
10. Change in My Pocket
11. Down at JJ's
12. Oh-Oh
13. Can We Get Together
14. I Done Quit Getting Sloppy Drunk
15. My Heart Cries out for You
16. Mudslide
17. Changing Neighborhoods

Year Type Label Catalog # 2006 CD Shout! 10060

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Since their debut album for Black Top Records in 1981, Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets have been turning out their own brand of meat and potatoes blues with just a touch of hard Texas swing in the stew. This set collects key tracks from the group's seven albums for Black Top, along with tracks from their pair of albums for Rounder's Bullseye Blues imprint, to make an introductory overview of Funderburgh's career that spans the years 1981 to 2003. Nothing here is particularly innovative, but that isn't what Funderburgh is after, and thanks to Sam Myers' sturdy, everyman vocals and occasional Chicago-styled (by way of Mississippi) harmonica lines, not to mention Funderburgh's concise, slashing guitar style, what emerges is a pure texas blues band, and no more or less. Among the highlights are the blues swing of "A Man Needs His Loving," a ragged take on Buddy Guy's "$100 Bill," a Funderburgh original, "Change in My Pocket," the relentless "Oh-Oh," and Funderburgh's angular guitar riff on "Mudslide." No-frills contemporary texas blues with the fringe removed. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Name Credits Anson Funderburgh 6-String Bass, Guitar Bill Dahl Liner Notes Bruce Elsensohn Organ Danny Cochran Drums Darrell Nulisch Harmonica, Vocals Doug Rynack Piano Emily Johnson Package Supervision, Artwork Ernest Youngblood, Jr. Sax (Tenor) Gary Slechta Trumpet Gentleman John Street Piano Grady Gaines Soloist, Sax (Tenor) Jackie Newhouse Bass Jeff Palo Producer Jeff Sarli Bass (Upright) Jerry Lee Smith Sax (Tenor) Jim Milan Bass John H.R. Mills Sax (Baritone) John Selzer Trumpet John Street Piano, Organ (Hammond) Johnny Reno Sax (Baritone) Julee Stover Editorial Supervision Keith Winking Trumpet Kevin McKendree Organ (Hammond), Piano Marc Wilson Drums Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor), Sax (Baritone), Soloist Matt McCabe Piano Mike Judge Bass Randy Perry Remastering Rhandy Simmons Bass Rory MacLeod Bass Sam Myers Harmonica, Vocals Wes Starr Drums, Percussion