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Just Won't Burn
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Rating:  - Rocks me right!!
I listened to the snippets of Susan's different albums after I heard her on Sirius. First time I'd even heard of her! Based on the samples I heard, I ordered Just Won't Burn and Wait for Me. LOVED them both on first listen. Oftentimes it takes me a few listens before I become enamored of a new artist, but not these. I was bouncing along to Rock Me Right first time I popped it in the player. And ok, no one else is Bonnie, but Susan reminds me alternately of both Bonnie and Janis. And both artists have different sounds, no? Well, I think Susan pretty much nails them both, as well as anyone could. Her ballads are very nicely done, also. I'm VERY happy I discovered her!
Rating:  - Better than the "expert" review
I own this CD and it is a good one, well worth having. Is Susan at the same level as B.B. King? I think not, but the reviews by Frank-John Hadley and "Living Blues" whatever that is, are way off the mark for someone who was starting out (at this point) and has advanced to a two time Grammy nominee (Pinetop Perkins is also a two time Grammy nominee, he invited Tedeschi to be on his "Ladies Man" album, and I think that qualifies as a good review from him). The only explanation I can come up with for the poor reviews under the Amazon section is plain racism. There is a bogus idea that only black people can do the blues when the reality it is that the average white person has about as much in common with Larry Bird as the average black has in common with B. B. King, Pinetop Perkins, Robert Lockwood, Junior Wells, or Aretha Franklin. By the way, all those pros spent years on the way up, the huge difference between them and the Amazon reviewers is that they are generous after having to gotten to the top, they know how long it took. All the greats in Blues certainly copied others before inventing their own sound. B. B. King even talks about listening to Robert Lockwood and praying that he could sound like him, just a bit as good would be fine. How come the Amazon reviewers don't give Susan that much slack? If she was black, they would, but she is white.They sound like Isiah Thomas, when he was playing at Detroit,saying that Larry Bird was only playing because he was white. Bird could play, Susan can play, and Pinetop says so, and he knows. Those other guys need to get new jobs in fast food. Robert Lockwood, Pinetop, and B.B. didn't inherit the blues, they listened to people like Leroy Carr and Robert Johnson, and then they invented a new page, a new sound. But they didn't do that in one day, it took time. Me, I am not looking for a Frank-John Hadley album, Pinetop's "Born in the Delta" crushes any thoughts that Hadley ever had or will have.
http://www.amazon.com/Born-Delta-Pinetop-Perkins/dp/B000003D5V
Rating: - Just wont burn
A little Etta James, alittle Janis Joplin, spells great. The band is excellent..Mick
Rating: - Just amazed...
I am just amazed at the editorial review for this album. Apparently written by the same type that talks about the math in music. If you love the passion in great blues, you'll love this album. In my mind, I initially jumped to the Janis-Bonnie cross that seems pretty common here. But that really sells her short. She's got the passion that you hear in Janis' voice, and the blues guts that you hear in Buddy Guy. I haven't seen her live yet, but I'd wait in a long line.
Bottom line: passion and soul make great blues. Both are right here.
Rating: - awesome vocals
Every cut is an inspiration that sends a tingle down my back.
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