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Rockin' Live Mix

sgtsafety | Milwaukee, WI United States | 08/09/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Howard and the White Boys deliver a awesome electric blues live show sound. With the influences of Buddy Guy and others, Howard & the White Boys delivered on this album. I highly recommend it for you cd collection. Awesome at parties without the crowd sounds in the background. Look Who's coming to dinner, has to be one of the best albums they have put out. I would highly recommend that one also. If you ever get the chance to see them "live" do it since you won't regret it!!! Check their web page out for dates."

Great Live Blues

D. MILLS | Manassas, VA United States | 12/26/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Great blues bands and studios are like oil and water; they just don't mix. Putting a blues band in a studio is like putting a bird in a cage. The song just doesn't sound as sweet. Live performances of blues bands are always much better and more exciting than the studio work.



It has been said that if you have to know the blues to sing the blues. These guys have the blues. They have been slogging it out in the blues bar circuit for almost two decades, opening for big acts like BB King and KoKo Taylor and jamming with Buddy himself at Legends in Chicago.



It's mostly guitar blues that might remind one of Buddy, Canned Heat or Albert King. This CD includes awesome jams on songs like "You'll Come Back" and Bo Diddley. "I Got My Mojo Workin'" is harmonica based backed up by a guitar, and it's one of the most energetic covers of that song I've heard. The other cuts are excellent also.



All in all, it's a good CD, and I'm glad these guys exist."