[RS] LUCKY PETERSON - Heart Of Pain (2010)

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Lucky Peterson's journey through the blues has been a long and labyrinthine one. A child prodigy, he scored his first hit at the age of six, appeared on both the Tonight Show and Ed Sullivan, and was a longtime member of Bobby "Blue" Bland's traveling and recording band before he got his own shot as a leader in the '80s. He's a notable guitarist who also plays a hell of a piano and a Hammond B-3, is a fine vocalist and arranger. He's recorded jazz and gospel albums -- he collaborated with Mavis Staples on the excellent Spirituals & Gospel: Dedicated to Mahalia Jackson. Heart of Pain is a return to (mostly) contemporary Chicago-style blues, on which Peterson plays lead guitar, keyboards, and sings. He is backed by his current road band and a three-piece horn section.

"Heart of Pain" is his third recording for Great Britain's JSP imprint, and quite solid. It contains 11 tracks of old-school Chicago blues beginning with a rollicking reading of John Steadman's and Steve Washington's "Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire" (they wrote the majority of the tunes here).

TRACKS: 01. Out Of The Frying Pan 02. Heart Of Pain 03. A Woman Don't Care 04. I Will Survive 05. Age Ain't Nothing But A Number 06. Oh Baby 07. He's the Answer 08. Brown Can't Be Bad 09. Lucky's 88 10. Bound To Make You Love Me 11. I Won't Be Fooled

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