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▄▄▓██████▓▄▄▄▄ artist..: carl weathersby ░ ▀ ▐▓▌
▓███████████████▓▄▄ album...: hold on ▓█▓
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▐██████████▓▓▀ ▀▀█▓▄ label..: n/a ▓▀ ███ ▀▓
▓████████▓▓ ▀█▓ genre..: blues ███
▓████████▓▌ █▓ ripdate: 01.05.2005 ██▓
▌ ▀▓███████▓▄ ▐▓▌ reldate: 00.00.2004 █▓▒
▓ ▀▀▀▀██████▓▄ █▓▓ ripper.: Team SSR ▓▒░
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███▓▄ ███▓▌ tracks.: 12 ▒░░
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▐▓███████▓▓ I'm back, y'all!" These are the words that Carl ▓▓███████▓▌
▓▓███████▓▓ Weathersby, a smile in his voice, speaks at the ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ end of the first cut on Hold On, his first ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ release since health problems that would have ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ sidelined weaker men. On that same track, after ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ letting his tasty guitar playing introduce him, ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Weathersby sings, "I been down for a while/But ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ I'm on my way back again." With his best album ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ in years, Carl Weathersby is indeed back! ▓▓███████▓▓
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▓▓███████▓▓ Since his great 1996 debut, Don't Lay Your Blues ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ On Me, none of his releases has come close to ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ catching what fans in Blues clubs and at Blues ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ festivals around the world know: that Carl ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Weathersby is one of the best Blues performers ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ out there. On this disc, Weathersby's three ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ strengths - his big, sweet guitar sound, his ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ soulful voice, and his great songwriting - meld ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ together to create the best example of this ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Bluesman's work outside of his live ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ performances. ▓▓███████▓▓
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▓▓███████▓▓ To say that Weathersby's guitar playing is ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ influenced by his one-time boss, Albert King, is ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ obvious, but as much as those lessons show, Carl ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Weathersby has found his own style that ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ satisfies and feels fresh. He can ladle out ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ soulful Blues note by note or lay down a ripping ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ run that will get a crowd on its feet. ▓▓███████▓▓
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▓▓███████▓▓ His voice is in top form and can be as gritty as ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ a Mississippi back road in one song and as ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ steamy as a hot Chicago night in the next. His ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ upbeat romps are fun, but fans know it's his ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ delivery on slow, burning Blues that you ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ remember when you leave the club. There are fine ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ examples of each here. ▓▓███████▓▓
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▓▓███████▓▓ But what you'll probably notice on first ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ listening is that Carl Weathersby writes fine ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ songs, from funky statements on life to clearly ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ personal love songs. Weathersby is a veteran - a ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ veteran of war, a veteran of the everyman's ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ working day, a veteran of life's ups and downs, ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ a veteran of the Blues. He brings together all ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ these experiences in his songs, whether laying ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ them over a danceable beat, a smoking jump ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ number, or a shuffling ballad. He sings about ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ things you can relate to, and makes you feel as ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ though he knows you. ▓▓███████▓▓
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▓▓███████▓▓ As Weathersby sings, "They counted me out, said ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ I could not play the Blues/Just one thing that ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ they forgot - that it's all inside the groove." ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ With the help of Johnny Neel on keyboards and ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ labelmate Tim Gonzales throwing tasteful harp ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ into the mix, Weathersby finds the groove. Hold ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ On will satisfy longtime fans who have been ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ looking for more from Weathersby, and should ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ help new listeners discover this great Bluesman, ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ too. One thing is certain: Carl Weathersby is ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ back, y'all! ▓▓███████▓▓
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▓▓██████▓▓▌ 01. i'm back again ▐▓▓██████▓▓
▓▓██████▓▓▌ 02. leave it alone ▐▓▓██████▓▓
▓▓██████▓▓▌ 03. angel of mercy ▐▓▓██████▓▓
▓▓██████▓▓▌ 04. my baby ▐▓▓██████▓▓
▓▓██████▓▓▌ 05. feels like rain ▐▓▓██████▓▓
▓▓██████▓▓▌ 06. nothing hurts a man (like a woman can) ▐▓▓██████▓▓
▓▓██████▓▓▌ 07. willingly ▐▓▓██████▓▓
▓▓██████▓▓▌ 08. love aint fair ▐▓▓██████▓▓
▓▓██████▓▓▌ 09. hold on ▐▓▓██████▓▓
▓▓██████▓▓▌ 10. too far gone ▐▓▓██████▓▓
▓▓██████▓▓▌ 11. freedom ▐▓▓██████▓▓
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