Omar and the Howlers - Blues Bag
1. Give Me Back My Wig
2. Bessie Mae
3. Big Chief Pontiac
4. Sleeping In The Ground
5. Lover Man
6. Come On Pretty Baby
7. Gotta Good Friend
8. Leave Here Running
9. Big Round World
10. Omar's Blues
11. Angel Child
12. Tears Like Rain
13. Too Much
14. Wine Headed Woman
15. Blues In A Bottle
Singer
and guitarist Omar proffers a feature album consisting of 5&O
performances (harp player Fingers Taylor joins him a few times)
followed by just a couple of jousts with his regular rhythm section.
His singing-a hoarse, intelligible glossolalia-and tradition-bound
picking on Robert Johnson's "Cotta Good Friend," Hound Dog Taylor's
"Give Me Back My Wig," and the many lupus originals aren't for
everybody, but one can do much worse than confront the Texan's sinewy
suggestiveness. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993