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Catfish - Get Down (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Catfish 3:47
  2. The Hawk 4:29
  3. No Place To Hide 4:40
  4. 300 Pound Fat Mama 7:54
  5. Love Lights 5:32
  6. Coffee Song 1:33
  7. Tradition 3:24
  8. Sundown Man 3:31
  9. Reprise 9:44

Notes

Detroit bluesrock from 1970. Catfish was Bob "Catfish" Hodges first band that lasted from 1969-72. Hodge is a bonafide american blues legend and here he is in fine form. This is hard blues mixed with a healthy bit of rocknroll. A title like " Get hig, get naked, get down" and a few stoned geetarsolos suggests the dude smoked a bit of this and that. Most of his early albums have been out of print and are hard to get, but this one was re-released a few years back.

Blues rock group fronted by a powerful singer. Their leader went solo as "Catfish" Hodge and, working with good musicians (Bonnie Raitt, Jimmy Thackery, Dr. John), released several albums on Eastbound, 20th Century and Adelphi.

Let's have a short Blues interlude (you know I love it dontcha?) with this '70 LP called Get Down by CATFISH, their debut.

CATFISH never meant to reinvent the Blues or create something new, but the band is humble and has what it takes to play the blues.
"300 Pound Fat Mama" is dedicated and so is "Tradition" (let's face it, it sounds traditional doesn't it?), the song I picked for the player.

The cover may not strike you at first sight (not even at all) but don't judge a record by its cover, this is head-on Blues, no compromise, no bullshit. And the guy, Bob Hodge (later Catfish Hodge) he has a voice and knows how to use it. He surely ate gravel before singing and have a good sip. [Review - vinylconspiracy.blogspot]