Mean Case of the Blues

RELEASE
1996
LABEL
Bullseye Blues

Album Review

Clearwater comes up with a compelling mix of tunes on this 10-track outing, his first for the Bullseye Blues imprint. The southpaw guitarist covers a wide range of styles (as befitting a true West Side guitarist, where versatility is a badge of merit) including Magic Sam's "Look Whatcha Done," and Nat King Cole's "Send for Me," Gene Allison's "You Can Make It If You Try" and Clearwater originals like "Party at My House," "Don't Take My Blues," "Hard Way to Make an Easy Living," "Love Being Loved By You," and the title track. Produced by Eddy and utilizing his regular working band with guest appearances from Jerry Soto on keyboards, Mike Peavey on saxophone, Steven Frost on trumpet and Billy Branch on harmonica, this is the Chief just laying it down simple and hard, doing what he does best -- delivering taut and shimmering West Side guitar and vocals with a vengeance.
Cub Koda, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Mean Case of the Blueshttp://itunes.apple.com/album/mean-case-of-the-blues/id2551978?i=2551923&uo=5
  2. Send for Mehttp://itunes.apple.com/album/send-for-me/id2551978?i=2551930&uo=5
  3. Check up on My Babyhttp://itunes.apple.com/album/check-up-on-my-baby/id2551978?i=2551934&uo=5
  4. Love Being Loved by Youhttp://itunes.apple.com/album/love-being-loved-by-you/id2551978?i=2551938&uo=5
  5. Make It If You Tryhttp://itunes.apple.com/album/make-it-if-you-try/id2551978?i=2551942&uo=5
  6. Hard Way to Make an Easy Livinghttp://itunes.apple.com/album/hard-way-to-make-an-easy-living/id2551978?i=2551958&uo=5
  7. Look Watcha' Donehttp://itunes.apple.com/album/mean-case-of-the-blues/id429973366?uo=5
  8. Come on Downhttp://itunes.apple.com/album/come-on-down/id2551978?i=2551964&uo=5
  9. Party at My Househttp://itunes.apple.com/album/party-at-my-house/id2551978?i=2551968&uo=5
  10. Don't Take My Blueshttp://itunes.apple.com/album/dont-take-my-blues/id2551978?i=2551974&uo=5
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