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Blast Off: The Best Of Anson Funderburgh And The Rockets
Anson Funderbourgh
Blast Off: The Best Of Anson Funderburgh And The Rockets
Genres: Blues, Pop
 
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Seven-time WC Handy Award winner and Texas blues legend Anson Funderburgh?best known for his collaborations recorded with soulblues singer Sam Myers?has recorded extensively for Black Top and Bullseye labels. The blending ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Anson Funderbourgh
Title: Blast Off: The Best Of Anson Funderburgh And The Rockets
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Shout Factory
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 6/20/2006
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: Blues, Pop
Styles: Contemporary Blues, Regional Blues, Texas Blues, Electric Blues, Modern Blues
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 826663100600

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Seven-time WC Handy Award winner and Texas blues legend Anson Funderburgh?best known for his collaborations recorded with soulblues singer Sam Myers?has recorded extensively for Black Top and Bullseye labels. The blending of Texas and Mississippi styles gives Funderburgh and Myers? music an infectious swing that is heard throughout Blast Off: The Best Of Anson Funderburgh. This collection contains gems from nine albums, including "Come On" from 1981?s Talk To You By Hand, "Changing Neighborhoods" from 1987?s Sins, and "Rambling Woman" from 2003?s Which Way Is Texas?

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+ 1/2 stars...Excellent Intro to Texas Blues Man
Steve Vrana | Aurora, NE | 06/22/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Anson Funderburgh's solo career begins its twenty-fifth year with this well chosen anthology. It includes tracks from his Black Top debut TALK TO YOU BY HAND ("Come On") through his latest on Rounder's Bullseye Blues WHICH WAY IS TEXAS? ("Rambling Woman").



Most of these tracks feature Sam Myers on vocals/harmonica. The now seventy-year-old Myers (who has worked with such blues giants as Elmore James) joined the band in 1986. In addition, Myers is a fine songwriter ("I Done Quit Getting Sloppy Drunk" and "My Heart Cries Out for You" on this anthology). [Trivia alert: That's Beavis and Butt-head creator Mike Judge on bass on the opening track. He was a member of the Rockets from 1987-1990.]



This is an excellent update of 1992's anthology THRU THE YEARS. My only complaint is that BLAST OFF duplicates eleven of those songs. But overall, this is a throughly enjoyable and satisfying collection of this modern Texas blues artist. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED"
Blues lover
Alan M. Funk | near St Louis | 05/18/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"These guys are great.

Great gutiar

Great harp

Great band

Funderburgh can play Texas,Chicago, blues with the best.

Meyers can play that harmonica like he done it most of his life. (go figure)

Also Nulisch also gets some harp cerdit.

This is a must have."