muzycy:
Shirley Johnson: vocals
Luke Pytel: guitar
Roosevelt Purifoy: piano, organ
Lovely Fuller Jr.: bass
Cordell Teague: drums
and guests

Editor's info:
"Raised in the church but evidently born to sing the blues, Shirley Johnson belts like a spiritual daughter of Koko Taylor, flexing her husky voice on ballads and up-tempo love songs, hitting gravel when she reaches for a higher note or pushes her volume." -Ted Drozdowski, PULSE! from a review of Shirley's first Delmark CD Killer Diller (Delmark 757). Shirley is back with that same blend of traditional good-rockin' Chicago blues, smoldering R&B and poppin' soul. Almost all of the 14 songs on Blues Attack are new original compositions by various musicians on the CD however there are great covers of classics "Unchain My Heart" and "634-5789".


All About Jazz:
[. . .] The title track is notable for its funk content as much as anything that falls within the blues, but it doesn't seem to matter as she has the kind of voice that's capable of handling a range of material. She never strives for effect, even in the heat, and her work is all the more telling because of it. Luke Pytel's guitar solo is, by comparison, overwrought; but then, this is the singer's show.

Pytel's downright stately on the slow tempo of "You Shouldn't Have Been There," which is just as he should be. Johnson reads the unapologetic lyric well, making more of it than a lesser interpreter of song might. The band burns on a low flame too, making for an overall performance that's nuanced and deep.

"Felt So Good" offers more of the same dynamically, but Johnson manages to tease something out of a lyric which covers the abiding theme of the mistreating man, albeit from a relatively fresh angle. In his tenor sax solo Lawrence Fields straddles the divide between uptown and down-home, in so doing enhancing an overall performance rich in detail.

"Selfish Kind Of Gal" is bright and sassy for all the right reasons. It's evident here that Johnson doesn't do declamatory even when she's reading a lyric that would do it just.......
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Info dystrybutora:

Shirley Johnson nie jest nową twarzą na światowej scenie bluesowej, przez ostatnich siedemnaście lat była rezydentką legendarnego klubu w stolicy światowego bluesa � Blue Chicago Club.
Czy to nie jest najlepsza rekomendacja?
Dynamiczny blues, nie stroniący od wpływów korzennej muzyki funk, napędzany atomową wręcz energią wokalistki, obdarzonej kapitalna ekspresją sceniczną to esencja bluesowej narracji w najlepszym wydaniu.
Wśród muzyków spotkamy zarówno starych wyjadaczy bluesowych jak też muzyków jazzowych, którzy jak nigdzie indziej odnajdują się w składach chicagowskiego bluesa.
Dla fanów Koko Taylor czy Shemeki Copeland to pozycja obowiązkowa!


Editor's info:
"Raised in the church but evidently born to sing the blues, Shirley Johnson belts like a spiritual daughter of Koko Taylor, flexing her husky voice on ballads and up-tempo love songs, hitting gravel when she reaches for a higher note or pushes her volume." -Ted Drozdowski, PULSE! from a review of Shirley's first Delmark CD Killer Diller (Delmark 757). Shirley is back with that same blend of traditional good-rockin' Chicago blues, smoldering R&B and poppin' soul. Almost all of the 14 songs on Blues Attack are new original compositions by various musicians on the CD however there are great covers of classics "Unchain My Heart" and "634-5789".


All About Jazz:
[. . .] The title track is notable for its funk content as much as anything that falls within the blues, but it doesn't seem to matter as she has the kind of voice that's capable of handling a range of material. She never strives for effect, even in the heat, and her work is all the more telling because of it. Luke Pytel's guitar solo is, by comparison, overwrought; but then, this is the singer's show.

Pytel's downright stately on the slow tempo of "You Shouldn't Have Been There," which is just as he should be. Jo.......
more