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- Summary: The blues and R&B covers album for the California-based Steve Miller Band is its first studio album in seven years and features the late Norton Buffalo.
- Record Label: Roadrunner
- Genre(s): Blues, Pop/Rock, Blues-Rock, Electric Blues
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Hey, everyone I think I'll take this time to have some fun I know we've just begun I think I'll go ahead and play my guitar some,... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Original Santana percussionist Michael Carabello and Checkmates singer Sonny Charles (now a member of the Steve Miller Band) fortify the performances, while longtime Miller fans will also soak in some of the last recordings by the late harmonica ace Norton Buffalo.
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This is a welcome return for Miller, and a must for modern electric blues fans.
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UncutNow in ihis late sixties, Miller's white soul voice and economical guitar-playing still pack a punch, while veteran R&B singer Sonny Charles assists with some well-placed harmonies. [Aug 2010, p.88]
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The results are mixed. Some of this is merely a hobbyist homage to his roots (his shuffling cover of Jimmy Reed's "You Got Me Dizzy'' is unexciting), but some of it crackles.
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Miller doesn't say anything here that he hasn't said before, but hardcore fans will be glad he's saying anything at all.
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If you buy Bingo! expecting to hear some burning blues, or to hear another of the Miller hits that may have excited you in the '70s, you'll be disappointed either way
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