Showdown! [Gold CD]

Showdown! [Gold CD]

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Call it three for the price of one. Far from engaging in a guitar-playing shootout, Albert Collins, Robert Cray, and Johnny Copeland work together incredibly well, achieving a kind of musical synergy that's rarely heard. Copeland and Cray handle most of the vocal duties, and Cray's smooth, soul-tinged voice (positively shiver-eliciting on "The Dream," as is Collins's lead guitar work) complements Copeland's growl perfectly. Collins doesn't get to sing as much, but he more than makes up for it with his harmonica on the slow blues "Bring Your Fine Self Home." And of course, all three turn in stellar guitar work, trading solos and rhythm parts with the greatest of ease; Cray was a relative newcomer at the time of this recording, but he more than holds his own. One would be hard pressed to find a better blues collaboration anywhere. --Genevieve Williams --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

<"b000000itq5228"> From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD
The title of this 1985 album leads one to think the three guitarists have engaged in an OK Corral shootout. Well, old Texas friends Collins and Copeland do scuffle, along with young firebrand Cray, but no one tries too hard to plant the other in Boot Hill. Alligator artist Collins fires the most rounds, soloing on all nine songs, and Copeland's vocals best kick up the dirt. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

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Showdown! [Gold CD]

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