Music CD - Dion: Son Of Skip James

	Music CD: Son Of Skip James Artist: Dion List Price: $13.98 Our Price: $10.45 Your Save: $ 3.53 ( 25% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Verve Forecast
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Tracks: 1. Nadine (Chuck Berry) 2. My Babe (Willie Dixon) 3. Hoodoo Man Blues (Junior Wells) 4. Drop Down Mama ("Sleepy" John Estes) 5. Hoochie Coochie Man (Willie Dixon) 6. Baby I'm In the Mood For You (Bob Dylan) 7. I'm A Guitar King (Tom McClennan) 8. The Thunderer (Dion DiMucci-Phyllis McGinley) 9. Interlude - Spoken Word (Dion DiMucci) 10. Son of Skip James (Dion DiMucci) 11. Preachin' Blues (Robert Johnson) 12. If I Had Possession (Over Judgement Day) (Robert Johnson) 13. Devil Got My Woman (Skip James)
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0602517491595 Label: Verve Forecast Manufacturer: Verve Forecast Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Verve Forecast Release Date: 2007-11-06 Studio: Verve Forecast
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Surprise of the year for me Comment: What a surprise! I've always been a Dion & the Belmonts fan, since I was born in the Bronx. I've been a blues fanatic since I heard Lightnin' Hopkins singing "Rocky Mountain Blues" on WWRL while sitting in my car in Brooklyn in 1965. Lately, I've drifted off into jazz, primarily the seminal bop of Thelonious and Miles and Bird. Made me wish the Beatles and the Stones hadn't come on when they did, so I might have been able to focus on those giants of jazz when they were still playing in the NY clubs (well, not Bird, but so many of the rest.) Back to Dion. I still get a charge in my heart when I hear the opening beats of "Wanderer." And I'll always recall the dirty lyrics we substituted for parts of "Runaround Sue." I didn't know about Dion's previous blues album, which is why I was so dam surprised when "Son of Skip James" showed up. I am so stoked by that record I'm going to take it to California tomorrow and give it to my 23 year old guitar-playing son and hope he gets a charge out of it. Would I love it if, when he comes home from school in a few weeks, he was playing one or two of the songs from the record. "The Thunderer" is a magnificent piece of religious music. I can tell you for sure that the Catholic churches would be a lot more crowded if that was the kind of music you could hear at Mass on Sunday. Now I got to get the earlier record. What a turn-on for me and everyone who is lucky enough to hear this terrific artist from the streetcorners of New York. Customer Rating: Summary: Dion son of Scott Comment: As a child of the 50's, Dion was my soulmate. The loves lost and yearned for were all in his songs. To find his new voice and genre was a wonderful surprise. Customer Rating: Summary: A true talent! Comment: I've always enjoyed Dion, even back in the "Run Around Sue" days. Conveniently enough, my musical tastes have changed, and Dion's has changed along the same lines. Great album, in the same vein as Bronx N Blue. Customer Rating: Summary: LIFETIME FAN Comment: USUAL HIGH QUALITY OUTPUT YOU EXPECT AND GET FOR LAST 50 YEARS FROM THIS ARTIST. FAR AS BLUES GO IF YOU LIKED "BRONX IN BLUE " YOU WILL LOOOOVE THIS. ALMOST WORE IT OUT, CONTINUALY REPLAYED IT FOR 2 WEEKS. NEW BAG FOR THE KID WITH LOTS OF DEPTH CONVERTED TO THE TRUE DION SOUND. IF YOU ARE READING THIS D'... YO !!! Customer Rating: Summary: How can this ol' rocker sing the blues?! Comment: I'll keep this short and sweet. I like rock and roll. I'm a bit of an immature blues boy, with my tastes more towards the blues-rockers. Purists, barbarians, big people, little people, you name it: everyone needs this album. My darlin' wife, who is not a blues collector, has it tucked tightly in her car CD changer. There is truly not one single cut that's not worth listening to, and most are tremendous. If I owned this label, I'd offer a money back guarantee. Time to go so I can beg my wife to eject the cd..... at least for today. John Sommer HardLuck Cafe, KHPU-fm More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: The legendary voice behind such iconic classics as "The Wanderer", "Runaround Sue" and "Abraham, Martin & John", returns with a stunning follow up to Bronx in Blue his 2006 GRAMMY® nominee for Best Traditional Blues Album! Son of Skip James pays tribute to the works of seminal artists from both blues (Robert Johnson, Skip James, Willie Dixon, etc.) and rock (Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan) plus new Dion originals including the arresting title track. With impressive acoustic guitar skills and a vocal prowess still unparalleled in the history of popular music, Dion infuses this roots based material with his unique blend of doo-wop, rock n' roll and blues sensibilities. A musical lesson in cutting straight to the heart from one of the masters!