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Charlie Musselwhite, Rough News
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1677303
Disk length: 46m 59s (12 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1997
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Both Sides Of The Fence | 3:58 |
| 2. I Sat & Cried | 3:33 |
| 3. Sleepwalk | 2:31 |
| 4. Natural Born Lover | 3:35 |
| 5. Darkest Hour | 3:50 |
| 6. Harlem Nocturne | 2:23 |
| 7. Drifting Boy | 3:31 |
| 8. Rough Dried Woman | 4:30 |
| 9. Feel It In Your Heart | 3:41 |
| 10. Rainy Highway | 4:50 |
| 11. Clarksdale Boogie | 3:39 |
| 12. Rough News | 6:49 |
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Review
Harmonica ace Charlie Musselwhite falls between the more obvious generations of blues players, younger than its elder statesmen but considerably senior to young hot-shots like Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. How, then, can he find a fresh hook to his music without resorting to attention-grabbing gimmicks? Except for two songs featuring producer/guitarist Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos, Charlie Musselwhite's 1997 album, Rough News, doesn't have any famous guests, but it stands out from the harmonica whiz's long and deep discography nonetheless. Musselwhite has pared down his sound so radically that every instrument has become a rhythm instrument. When these lean, groove-based arrangements are applied to tunes as simple and catchy as "Both Sides of Fence," "I Sat & Cried" and "Natural Born Lover," the results jump at the listener with the bare-basics excitement of early rock & roll. Musselwhite displays his elegant command of the mouth harp on two instrumental standards, "Sleepwalk" and "Harlem Nocturne," but the highlights are the songs where the simplicity of the material and the masterfulness of the musicians bring the best out in each other. --Geoffrey Himes
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