Once in a Blue Moon
This is a record that you put on and it just goes by in one fell swoop. So authentic in sound, comfortable in its ambition and personal in vision, it's what so many Blues records want to but fail to be. No generica here. Two guitar geniuses bringing each other to new heights without overindulgence. This beautiful album taught me what should have been obvious to me long ago -- that the Blues is all about humility." MiickTaylor.com  Released on Shattered Music in 1992 this classic studio blues Cdd is the works of Gerry Groom and Freinds , including Mick Taylor of the Rolling Stones. This recording is a 90's version of a traditional blues record. The intention was to stay true to the idiom while making the fidelity as high as possible. The project was built around the figure of Gerry Groom, master blues guitarist and blues songwriter. Released in 1991 (Groom passed away in 1992, in a scuba diving accident), this record fully fits into blues traditional standards, both in the tracklist (songs by Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, except for five original compositions by G. Groom) and in the choice of instruments: most of them are strictly acoustic, with Groom's dobro starring. One of the rare electric instruments is Mick Taylor's (special guest of this work) Fender vintage Stratocaster (modified with a Rickenbacker pickup). Paul Ill's (a.k.a. Adrian Well) bass, Thomas Blues' harmonica, Mat Abts' drums and Jeffrey Barr's piano complete the band. Respect for blues tradition, impeccable music performances and accuracy in recording (all the acoustic sources are amplified with high-quality microphones) are the strong points of this work. Talking about the vocal parts, as for my opinion, I feel the lack of a black bluesy voice: although Groom's singing is always inspired and perfectly in tune, it does not reach the level of his wonderful guitar style. Riccardo Frau Italy