- Audio CD (Nov 4 2003)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Telarc
- ASIN: B0000C8AS6
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #68,426 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Gone Again |
| 2. Sookie Sookie |
| 3. County Fair Blues |
| 4. Last Fair Deal Gone Down |
| 5. Declare |
| 6. Cry Out Loud |
| 7. Amazing Grace |
| 8. Traveling Riverside Blues |
| 9. Mama's Stray Baby |
| 10. Hallelu, Hallelu |
| 11. Two Places At A Table |
| 12. Awesome Love |
| 13. Look What The Lord Has Done |
| 14. Old Friends |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
A veteran blueswoman, Rory Block proves herself both a traditionalist and an explorer through this selection of blues classics, spiritual standards, and original material with a kindred spirit. She pays homage to her musical roots with impeccable renditions of songs associated with her late mentor Son House ("County Farm Blues") and his prize pupil Robert Johnson ("Last Fair Deal Gone Down," "Traveling Riverside Blues"). Yet she takes considerable liberties with the album's instrumental centerpiece, an all but unrecognizable version of the familiar "Amazing Grace," which here recalls Leo Kottke's aural adventurousness rather than the hymnal. The original "Declare" (inspired by the Bible's Book of Job) and the traditional "Hallelu, Hallelu" both find Block multi-tracking her vocals into the call-and-response of a full gospel choir, while "Cry Out Loud" and "Mama's Stray Baby" reflect the folkier strains of her artistry. An acoustic guitarist with a stinging slide and an understated virtuosity, she's more concerned with deep grooves than hot licks. --Don McLeese
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Cet album pourrait bien être l'un des plus beaux hommages qui soient à la guitare acoustique. Cet instrument, de préférence une Martin, dont les singer-songwriters ne se séparent jamais. Sur Last Fair Deal, l'Américaine se propose de travailler à l'explorer encore plus que par le passé. Sa technique allie la percussion, le bottleneck et surtout un doigté éblouissant ("Gone Again", "Two Places At A Table"). Rory Block demeure une artiste vouée au blues, à la fois chanteuse affirmée et instrumentiste brillante. Elle affiche dans cet album une curiosité musicale qui l'éloigne (à peine) de son terreau originel. Et le blues campagnard s'étire jusqu'aux ballades folk qu'elle compose ("Mama's Stray Baby"). Marquée par la patte du bluesman Son House qu'elle ne manque jamais d'honorer – superbe version de "Country Farm Blues" –, elle aborde avec le même bonheur des registres plus folk traditionnel ("Cry Out Loud", "Amazing Grace"). Et d'un bout à l'autre du disque, Rory Block nous charme de son élégance et de sa délicatesse. --José Ruiz
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Rory, doing what she does best,
By A Customer
This review is from: Last Fair Deal (Audio CD)
Rory Block is one of today's artists out at the forefront of keeping acoustic blues alive. This CD has a lot of Rory doing what she does best: gritty blues and acoustic slide guitar.The best songs are the one Son House and two Robert Johnson covers, Sookie Sookie, Look What The Lord Has Done. A couple of the songs are a little sappy, the one about the stray dog, for example. A little restrained; Rory can really cut loose when she wants to. But excellent singing and playing throughout.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A fine, mellow set by this talented blues picker,
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This review is from: Last Fair Deal (Audio CD)
An airy, loose acoustic blues set, with plenty of gentle slide guitar, and a hefty dose of straightforward preachin' gospel blues. Some surprises, like an ethereal instrumental version of "Amazing Grace," and her spacy, stream-of-conscousness delivery throughout. At times Block sounds a bit mannered and stuffy, in a folkie kinda way, yet the mix of relaxed, informal presentation and an overall evocative, spine-tingly feel make this record worth checking out.... Her fans will certainly dig it!
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4.5 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A fine, mellow set by this talented blues picker,
By DJ Joe Sixpack - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Last Fair Deal (Audio CD)
An airy, loose acoustic blues set, with plenty of gentle slide guitar, and a hefty dose of straightforward preachin' gospel blues. Some surprises, like an ethereal instrumental version of "Amazing Grace," and her spacy, stream-of-conscousness delivery throughout. At times Block sounds a bit mannered and stuffy, in a folkie kinda way, yet the mix of relaxed, informal presentation and an overall evocative, spine-tingly feel make this record worth checking out.... Her fans will certainly dig it!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Rory, doing what she does best,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Last Fair Deal (Audio CD)
Rory Block is one of today's artists out at the forefront of keeping acoustic blues alive. This CD has a lot of Rory doing what she does best: gritty blues and acoustic slide guitar.The best songs are the one Son House and two Robert Johnson covers, Sookie Sookie, Look What The Lord Has Done. A couple of the songs are a little sappy, the one about the stray dog, for example. A little restrained; Rory can really cut loose when she wants to. But excellent singing and playing throughout. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unique, overlooked and underrated,
By Derek Fuller "Albuquerque Bluesman" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Last Fair Deal (Audio CD)
I have been a fan of Rory's for 20 years or so. This collection of artistry is the only example of something that makes me laugh and cry at the same time. Her love of music, her love of the guitar, her love of singing has never been more pronounced than in this work. Although an outspoken champion of women's rights, I think when it comes to her guitar, Rory would agree that "she love slappin'that bitch silly, and da bitch like it". Hell, I like it. After years of string bending, she finally puts on the silver finger and gives it all she's got. Way to go, Rory.
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