- Audio CD (Feb 24 2009)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Live
- Label: Fusion
- ASIN: B00000AEVW
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#58,307 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #84 in Music > Blues > Live Albums
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Track Listings
| 1. Think |
| 2. I'll Play The Blues For You |
| 3. I Got A Rich Man's Woman |
| 4. How Many More Years |
| 5. Look On Yonder Wall |
| 6. Dope Smoking Blues |
| 7. The Things That I Used To Do |
| 8. Love Her With A Feeling |
| 9. I'm Ready |
| 10. Flip, Flop & Fly |
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pretty good, but not 5-star good
Nov 8 2003
Format:Audio CD
When I found out (not from Amazon) that Frank Marino was on this album, plus KWS, I almost bought it sight unseen, but I gave the samples a listen and then decided to pick this and the Friday night (part I) up.
I wasn't dissapointed, but my expectations we perhaps a little high, so it's not one of my top blues guitar albums, live or otherwise. It's a decent blues album and I like it, and although I'm no stranger to raw live blues, some of Lee's rawness comes off as, I'm sorry, but it's my opinion, sloppiness. Taken in context of a live recording in a New Orleans bar, this fits, but it's not 5-star material. Nor, IMHO is the companion album.
But don't let that stop you from picking it up, it's/they're good album(s). Lee is a decent guitarist and singer, and it's really cool that he had Marino & Shepherd sit in with him. Makes you want to blast it loud while sipping a Jim Beam.
To be really fair I need to check out other albums by Lee.
If you're a very hard-core Marino fan like I am, you might a little dissapointed , Frank's a great player on his own and even better with Mahogany Rush, but like his "blues period" where he went from his own, post-Jimi/almost progressive self-styled fantastic sound period (IV, Strange Universe) to a more Johnny Winter vein, well, Frank's just not a blues guitarist *first*. He seems to be straining, not to play notes, but to garner feel. I can't believe I of all people am saying this about Frank!
Frank does do some nice slide playing, although I'm not sure it's actually slide, I had heard that on earlier MR albums he used his whammy bar for slide-sounds, but that be yet another Marino urban legend.
Some people are not so keen on KWS, but I have most of his albums and I like him a lot even if he's a SRV clone, at the end of the day he plays well and has good tunes. He sounds good here too.
Don't kill me for this review, someone else yeh or nay it.
Johnny Blue
April 25 2003
Format:Audio CD
Bryan Lee's Live at the Old Absinthe Bar Saturday Night CD is without a doubt one of the best hard core live blues CD's around. Too bad not too many people have heard of him. He has a great band behind him and his guests are not too shabby either (Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Frank Marino). The Friday night CD is quite good also. If you love the blues, this CD is rather entertaining and should be in your collection. It is addicting to listen to since it is so good.
Unsung hero
Feb 25 2003
Format:Audio CD
Bryan Lee is one of my blues heroes. I don't know how I first heard about him, but I bought this CD a while back and it remains one of my favorites. So when I finally got to visit New Orleans this past weekend (2/21/2003) I made it a point to stop by the Old Absinthe House to pay my respects. Little did I know that only a few blocks further down Bourbon Street I'd get to hear the man himself, twice! At The Blues Bar on Bourbon Street I was privileged to hear him play on Friday and again on Sunday night. If you ever get a chance to visit N.O. make sure you go to hear Bryan Lee play. But even if you never make it there, pick this CD up.
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Raw Energy...Foot Stompin' Good
I bought this CD because of a recomendation from Kenny Wayne Shepherd on the CD. WOW! This is blues with a feelin'. Good hard Looooosiana blues power. Read more
Published on Mar 19 2001 by Guy Caballero
Nothing But the Blues
I have a very big blues collection but I had never heard of Bryan Lee. A friend of mine from New Orleans turned me on to Bryan and "Live at the Old Absinthe House-Saturday... Read more
Published on Mar 9 2000 by Marie A. Iulo
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