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| Johnny Shines | 
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Sales Rank: 41512
Category: Music
Artist: Johnny Shines
Publisher: Hightone Records
Studio: Hightone Records
Manufacturer: Hightone Records
Label: Hightone Records
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.3
UPC: 012928802826
EAN: 0012928802826
ASIN: B0000005PC
Release Date: June 18, 1991
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| Tracks:
| • | Give My Heart a Break | | • | Too Lazy | | • | Moaning and Groaning | | • | Just a Little Tenderness | | • | I Know the Winds Are Blowing | | • | Just Call Me | | • | My Love Can't Hide - Johnny Shines, Dixon, Willie | | • | Skull and Crossbones Blues | | • | Vallie Lee | | • | Can't Get Along with You | | • | Have to Pay the Cost | | • | Ramblin' |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
When his friend the legendary Delta bluesman Robert Johnson died, Johnny Shines decided to visit Africa to see if everything he had heard about it was true. He got sidetracked and ended up in Chicago where his musical career languished for two decades until he was rediscovered in the '60s. This 1970 recording catches Shines at his best as he alternates between traditional Delta-styled acoustic blues numbers and hard-rocking Chicago-flavored tunes. The haunting "My Love Can't Hide," with its baritone sax moaning in background, provides but one highlight. --Percy Keegan
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| Customer Reviews:
The Greatly Underappreciated Johnny Shines August 3, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Johnny Shines is a greatly underappreciated musical artist. His recordings from the '60s and '70s contain a variety of musical styles. Though he seems most comfortable playing acoustic Delta Blues, this disc contains amazing songs with tons of soul, such as "Just A Little Tenderness" and "Just Call Me." "My Love Can't Hide" resembles Otis Rush's "My Love Will Never Die", but Shines manages to put ten times more emotion and stark vocalization into the song (despite Rush's recording being excellent). This disc is a great mix of acoustic Delta Blues, electrified Chicago tunes, and Shines' successful attempt at the then-popular Soul music. Out of Standing At The Crossroads, Too Wet To Plow, Worried Blues Ain't Bad, and this record, his singing is at its earth-shaking best on this record. I look forward to purchasing Traditional Delta Blues and Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop. The only drawback to this disc is the unimpressive presentation of the liner notes.
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