Cotton Field Of Dreams

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“…14 highly original songs with a unique perspective of the blues. Bashor’s vision of the blues takes in elements of soul, pop, rock...

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  • “…14 highly original songs with a unique perspective of the blues. Bashor’s vision of the blues takes in elements of soul, pop, rock and even folk, and he has a warm, inviting voice that engages the listener immediately… Bashor is a talented songwriter who mixes personal perspective into his songs, a gifted performer, and his love for the blues comes through on every note. Highlights include the funky opener, “Jukin’ Down on Johnson Street,” the rollicking “Rockin’ Red Rooster” (originally covered by Lonnie Brooks…this version features Bill Payne’s rowdy barrelhouse piano), “So Blue,” with Mike McConnell playing some tasty acoustic guitar and Shay Jones’ contributing vocals, and the atmospheric title track. The humorous “Seeing Eye Dog Blues” and “Tater Digging Woman” are also standouts, and Travers’ six-stringed contributions  to “Fetch Me,” make a good tune even better.”
    – Graham Clarke, BluesBytes

    “Well-travelled blues and roots musician Albert Bashor’s debut, all-originals solo project not only showcases his amazing songwriting talent but his ambitiously panoramic acoustic-guitar chops and rangy, jazz-tinged vocal approach that, at times recalls the soaring intensity of the late Dino Valenti of Quicksilver Messenger Service. This is one of those albums that you know you are going to enjoy from the first few seconds of the lead-off track – in this case it’s the imaginative, name-dropping saga of “Jukin’ Down On Johnson Street.”

    “Followed by thirteen other great, often slide guitar-fueled selections, like his chicken-shake, boogie-styled “Rockin’ Red Rooster” (with Ron Holloway on sax), a downbeat break-up song “One Last Time” and the lengthy title composition – that relates the north-bound dream of many a 1930s Southern bluesman. Also checked is the spoken-word tall tale “Poodle Ribs Story,” that adroitly introduces the next number “Poodle Ribs,” and a desperate “Fetch Me” – with blues-rocker Pat Travers enlivening affairs on electric guitar. Great notes by Bill Dahl. More please.
    — Gary von Tersh, Big City Blues

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