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Blue Again |  | Artist: The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band
Label: 429 Records
Category: Digital Music Album
Buy New: $9.49
as of 9/7/2010 20:33 CDT details
Seller: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 17346
Genre: blues-music
Media: MP3 Download
Running Time: 3921 Minutes
ASIN: B002E9W706
Publication Date: July 1, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Fantastic! April 17, 2010
P. Dunlop (PORTLAND, OR United States)
One can only imagine the disappointment the average 70s-80s era Fleetwood Mac fan would suffer upon hearing this disc. The playing, songs and sound quality here are truly amazing, but, of course, the music is reminiscent of the original Fleetwood Mac, not the high flying pop band. Indeed, Blue Again is a terrific reflection of the original Fleetwood Mac blues band. I heard Looking for Somebody on the local public jazz station and was blown away. Upon listening to additional samples on Amazon, I was more impressed. Virtually every tune here is top notch, including the remakes of Black Magic Woman and Albatross. As others have said, you have to hope these guys stick together for a few albums. Terrific stuff!
 Blue (or Boogie) Again March 14, 2010
Barry A. Roth
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
For me, Blues is Blues, Boogie is Boogie, Boogie is not Blues. Half of this Cd is boogie. Done well, for sure, but two different styles of music, as far as I'm concerned.
 Nostalgiac February 4, 2010
John B. Gibson (Franklin, NC USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you like the original Fleetwood Mac, you will like this. Its nostalgiac and a return to the roots, but its not groundbreaking. I was left with the feeling that without Peter Green, its just not there. All in all I enjoyed it.
Blues Rockabilly January 7, 2010
kireviewer (Sunnyvale, Ca United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
THIS IS QUITE A SUPRISE. MUCH BETTER THAN I EXPECTED.
This album is 65 minutes long. It is all live, except the final track. The sound quality is very good. The album cover is cheap looking but there is a nice booklet that gives a quick and sometimes incorrect history of Fleetwood Mac (they have Danny Kerwin leaving the band before Peter Green...but Green left before either Kerwin or Spencer, although he did come back for a concert tour after those two left).
Of course you know that Mick Fleetwood is the drummer for Fleetwood Mac (after a stint in John Mayall's Blues Breakers). He was a blues drummer, before Fleetwood Mac went pop after the fifth Fleetwood Mac album (depending on which albums you count).
He is joined by Rick Vito who played on Fleetwood Mac's Behind the Mask album (after Lindsey Buckingham had left the group). Behind the Mask had a Rockabilly flavor to it.
This album is driven by Vito's playing and vocal styles and Fleetwood's history. You can see by the track listing that there are a number of songs that Fleetwood Mac played in the early days. Some of the songs were written by Peter Green (the first leader of Fleetwood Mac) and one is an American blues standard that the band used to play (they did a soujern to Chicago to play with the Blues greats). There are some Vito composed songs, and these are more Rockabilly than Blues.
It is a good selection of songs and they are all played well. And it isn't just a copy of the originals. The songs are played in new and interesting ways.
If you are expecting Rumors, you might not like this. If you were a fan of Fleetwood for any other time besides the Buckingham Nicks years you will probably love this.
I am very leery of rave reviews for this type of album. There are people who give rave reviews just on the concept and not the music. They say, wow, this is Mick Fleetwood going back to his roots and playing old Peter Green tunes, so it must be good. I thought it would be mediocre, but it is much better than I expected.
great music September 20, 2009
Paul C. Murphy (PENN USA)
this is by far one of the best cd's i bought this year.5stars all the way.
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