Bart Walker – Waiting
On Daylight (Ruf Records).
Gritty Southern Stateside Blues your thing? You’re in for a
treat. Whether it’s Blues fuelled Rock
such as Black Clouds and Gotta Be You or the upbeat R&B of JB Hutto’s Hipshake,
it’s the power of Walker’s guitar that hits home. Girl You Bad and Mary &
Me showcase his slide playing and there’s ZZ Top influences on Took It Like A
Man and Happy. The title track has echoes of Slowhand himself and the closer, Greg
Allman’s Whippin’ Post, is a slow burner, building to a climax before finishing
softly. From the home of Country, this is a contemporary Bluesman par
excellence.
Move over Simpson,
Walker’s the new Bart in town.
David Blue.
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