Debbie Davies - Key To Love: A Celebration of the Music of John Mayall
A tribute to British blues master John Mayall by a modern electric
American blues performer like Debbie Davies makes perfect sense. For
better or (sadly more often) worse, singer and keyboardist Mayall and
his succession of lead guitarists led by future UK blues-rock
superstars Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor (Rolling Stones) and Peter Green
(Fleetwood Mac) have profoundly influenced generations of American
blues-rockers far more than homegrown stars like Muddy Waters or
Howlin' Wolf. Debbie Davies' rather watered-down blues-rock style is a
perfect example of Mayall's influence, and actually, Key To Love turns
out to be one of her most enjoyable and genuinely bluesy efforts.
Things start promisingly with the sly Mose Allison-like piano shuffle
"Light the Fuse," and both Green and Taylor drop in to provide guest
solos; Green's plangent wails on the organ-driven "Nature's
Disappearing" are probably the best playing on the entire album. In the
context of a fine selection of some of Mayall's best (and,
refreshingly, mostly not his best-known) tunes, the two Davies
originals, the snide "Takin' It All to Vegas" and the clichйd "I Just
Came To Play," sound like unnecessary afterthoughts. ---by Stewart Mason
Tracklist:
1. Light The Fuse (2:58)
2. Chicago Line (w James Cotton) (3:35)
3. Hard Road (w Mick Taylor) (4:52)
4. Room To Move (w James Cotton) (3:34)
5. Takin' It All To Vegas (3:14)
6. Dream About The Blues (5:40)
7. Key To Love (3:14)
8. I Should Know Better (4:44)
9. I'm A Sucker For Love (3:21)
10. Steppin' Out (2:21)
11. Nature's Disappearing (w Peter Green) (4:07)
12. I Just Came to Play (3:35)
Year : 2003
Bitrate : 192K/s
Total Playing Time: 45:19
Total Size : 62.3 MB