|  By
Cornbread
 RX
BLUES – I HATE MY BOSS
{2001 | Kode Blue Records}
Once
again Rx Blues provides us with some really
good blues. The quality of the production and
music is just great – Rx Blues done got
it down and got it going on. Also, once again
Rx Blues has thirteen songs on their latest
CD, all original tracks. The title track I Hate
My Boss received a lot of airplay and is a staple
of Rx Blues when playing live.
On
a personal note, I may hate my boss, but I’ve
got the best blues editor ever (Dave, how about
a pay increase?)!
The
players may have changed, but the sound, the
quality, the blues remain Rx Blues!
Jose
Diaz
– lead/rhythm guitar
Jeff Davis
– rhythm guitar, lead & background
vocals
Ray Thompkins
– lead vocals
Lisa Pacatte
– lead & background vocals
John Goodwin
– drums
Vic Hoffmeister
– bass guitar
Stuart Williams
– horns
All
the songs….
1. I hate my boss
– a great blues tune, the guitar is fantastic,
the vocals and lyrics are great, did I say a
great tune!
2. Problems no
more – big band sound,
distorted guitar throughout.
3. Memphis Beale
street – a bit of a rockabilly
swing sound, the piano (Kory Shaeffer) was a
good addition, I liked it.
4. Sad bad lovin’
blues – decent combination
of vocal and horn.
5. St. Louis shuffle
– shuffle is right on in describing this,
swa-eeng baby. I nominate this is the new St.
Louis Anthem. Good Johnnie Johnson part thanks
Randall Alberts.
6. Eat good eat
bad – killer guitar and
guitar solo
7. Neon jungle
– it must be a good song for my daughter
and I to both agree on it, I liked the dominate
bass part. My daughter said “the monkey
song is cool”.
8. Big Daddy
– I love this song, my favorite track.
Can this be changed to the Cornbread song? I
really dig it, the organ solo was a nice surprise.
9. Hit it twice
– some like it slow, that’s OK,
you just won’t get it here or hear, we
got backing horns, a good beat, soulful vocals,
oh and of course electric guitar.
10. Blacklisted
– can I have two favorites? All blues,
great tune
11. The wolf is
at your door – what’s
that backing organ. As JJ would say that’s
dyn-oh-mite. Toe tapping, head bobbin good.
Adding a Howlin’s howl would’ve
been a good touch/ending.
12. Middle of
the road – a tasty little
mellow morsel, the piano is good, the slow guitar
solo was a good addition, ending with piano
notes was a perfect way to end the song.
13. Empty pockets
– the prior song was mellow, this one
ain’t, probably the grittiest song of
the set, acoustic accompaniment
I
Hate My Boss has more of a swing
flavor than other rxblues, a very, very good
CD. Rating 4.551 out of possible 5.
Ciao’
for now, peace.
Peter ‘Cornbread’ Cohen, CBP
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