Here’s one hell of a thrilling acoustic folk blues album that could as well have made it into my all-time top 10! LARRY JOHNSON did a lot of session work throughout the last 50 years (!) and recorded his masterpiece ‘Fast and Funky’ in 1971 for the Blue Goose label, a subsidiary of Nick Perl’s Yazoo Records. According to the original liner notes, Larry would now be a legendary blues figure if he had belonged to an earlier era and I wholeheartedly agree! Listen to his crystal clear finger-picking style and powerful voice and you will soon realize that LARRY JOHNSON is a unique talent whose music is too good to be forgotten! Click here for a great piece about LARRY JOHNSON written by Elijah Wald for The Boston Globe in 1998 (scroll halfway down the page). Enjoy the 3 songs below and good luck finding a copy of this album! (I’m afraid the cd reissue by the Baltimore Blues Society from 1996 is long out-of-print)
“Larry Johnson, alone on stage with an acoustic guitar, reminded the audience of what the blues is all about, singing with a depth, directness and passion that made most of the other performers seem like they were just clowning around.”
“Its is no exaggeration to call this the most satisfying acoustic blues record by any artist born after 1930, the only one that completely captures the spirit of the classic blues while still sounding utterly personal.”
Keep it Clean - LARRY JOHNSON mp3
Pick Poor Robin Clean - LARRY JOHNSON mp3
The Beat from Rampart Street - LARRY JOHNSON mp3
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I have the good fortune to own a vinyl copy of F&F along with a Biograph release from the same period. It's some of the best guitar playing I've ever heard. And of course, the singing's great too. A giant!
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