Pressure Cooker
NEW Combo BLUWAVS CD and FLAC FILETaken from several 1970s sessions in France, Pressure Cooker has a relaxed feel that belies its name, a loose vibe that’s never sloppy, combining the best of blues and swing. While not as tightly wound as some of Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown’s classic recordings–The Original Peacock Recordings and Texas Swing, for example–Pressure Cooker has its own strengths. “She Winked Her Eye” has some especially strong guitar work, and a hilarious monologue in the middle as a bonus, while the slow tempos of “My Time Is Expensive” and “Deep, Deep Water” allow Gate to stretch out (the latter also includes an excellent Jay McShann piano solo). Add to that the humorous touches on “Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens” and the thoroughly un-politically correct “Ain’t That Just Like a Woman,” and what you have is a strong CD that makes up in entertainment what it lacks in intensity. –Genevieve Williams
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First I’d like to thank the Europeans First I’d like to thank the Europeans, in general, and second France in particular. It was in Paris and Toulouse, France that this collection of Gatemouth Brown songs were recorded. Clarence Gatemouth Brown was just about a forgotten blues-ish musician for a handful of years in his very own country, and it was in France that he (and some other american compatriots it turns out) found a place to be appreciated, tour and record. In July and August 1973 the Pressure Cooker recordings were…
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