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Absolutely stunning album by Dave Edmunds and friends. Asked by the record company to record a blues album, Edmunds, who never played blues before, totally immersed himself in blues records & came out with this amazing piece of work. Sounds like he'd been playing the blues his whole life. If you love the blues, it would be worthwhile to seek this out!

As hyperkinetic blues albums by White English kids go, this is a good one. Dave Edmunds, armed only with a 1959 Gibson 335 and a 100-watt Marshall stack, cranks through these recognizable blues covers (with one original instrumental) with reckless abandon and gobs of technique. Backup support is handled by bassist John Williams and drummer Congo Jones, who do their best to keep up and provide a rhythmic foundation for Edmunds to wail over. Edmunds also handled nearly all the vocals, and as blues singers go, he's merely serviceable, but what makes this album worthwhile is the revved-up guitar playing, especially when Edmunds shreds both Freddy King's "The Stumble" and Willie Dixon's "Wang Dang Doodle."