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 | Title : Room to Breathe
Author : Mcclinton, Delbert
Release Date : 20020924
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $17.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Texas roadhouse veteran Delbert McClinton hit upon his masterful mix of country, blues, and R&B stylings decades ago, but it took the Grammy-winning 2001 release, Nothing Personal, to fully showcase his talents. Room to Breathe, once again benefiting from a diverse selection of original McClinton songs, updates and embellishes the approach with most of the same participants present. McClinton uses his classic blue-eyed-soul voice with full authority and more than a little eclecticism, bouncing through 'Blues About You, Baby' with an almost Jerry Lee Lewis boogie feel, while infusing the snaky 'Jungle Room' with laid-back nightclub coolness. 'Ain't Lost Nothin',' cowritten with producer Gary Nicholson and harp hero Kim Wilson, is the purest blues expression, although the piano-led ballad 'Everything I Know About the Blues,' a McClinton-Nicholson tune cowritten by Heartbreaker Benmont Tench, also works well. McClinton rocks through 'Same Kind of Crazy,' gets funky on 'The Rub,' and even conjures a distant Lynryd Skynyrd echo on the uptempo 'Money Honey.' Yet his biggest effort is saved for the star-studded sing-along 'Lone Star Blues,' a tribute to Texas complete with fiddle and pedal steel guitar and featuring an anthemic country chorus from a host of famous McClinton friends and fans.
Buyer Reviews :
'Room To Breathe' follows two really good releases, 'One Of The Fortunate Few' and Grammy winner 'Personal Best'. In a way, it's unfortunate for Delbert that the prior two releases were so good as comparisons to those releases are now inevitable. Simply stated, 'Room To Breathe' will not win any awards for best record of the year and does not rise to the level of excellence of the of the prior two discs. All that being said, the disc is not bad. Delbert opens with two upbeat country blues numbers that would have easily fit comfortably on either of the last two releases and then slips into a very interesting Tom Waits like number, 'Jungle Room'. 'Everything I Know About The Blues' is a slow ballad, which seems to be a little out of step with the tempo of the rest of the disc. 'Blues About You' is a Jerry Lee Lewis styled blues number. From there you get a good mix of regular McClinton fare until you hit the pitifully slow 'Don't Want To Love You' which sounds as though it needs a couple of hounds howling in the background to complete the mood. Delbert turns it on again with 'Ain't Lost Nothin'' and 'Milk Honey' before ending things with the exceptional jazz flavored 'New York City'. Not enough oomph for 5 stars but a solid four stars nonetheless.
(by deepbluereview)
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