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I like it. Always preferred Jimmie to Stevie, not that comparing them is a worthwhile pursuit.
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I'm a big SRV fan, but appreciate the different 'voice' of Jimmie
Have a couple of Fab Thunderbird albums which I like - Not played them for a while, so will dig them out today
Will try this new album in May - Thanks for the notification @jamesoliver1234
I think Jimmie is one of the greats of blues guitar, certainly one of the greatest white electric blues guitarists ever. There are, however, definite issues with quality control and it's easy to find a dodgy cover or sub standard live track. But on the best of his studio solo recordings and on the best off his work with the Fabulous Thunderbirds there is minimalism, subtlety and invention. Probably very little that you could wow anybody with, it's definitely in the legacy of artists like Lighting Hopkins and T Bone Walker rather than based on blues rock history or even the relative showmanship of someone like BB King. Artists like Clapton, Steve Miller, Billy Gibbons rate him highly. I guess these days they are all mates but Jimmie is a credible link to earlier Texas blues and maybe people with old school ears appreciate that.
"BABY, PLEASE COME HOME VIA THE RAC"................
There's things I've had, there's things I wanna have"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CmO2hq-6JU
I like a bit of the Fabulous Thunderbirds and thought Jimmie's first couple of solo albums were great but then he started delving further into rehashed blues and we went our separate ways.
I can't imagine that track selling to anyone who isn't happy listening to very straight up blues but it sounds like Jimmie and he does have such a distinct feel for all this stuff. I've got some old Hubert Sumlin solo stuff somewhere and, from memory, it's comparable with that.
He's an old chap having fun, it is what it is.