MORE A FEELING THAN A LIVING - 1995

"NO PRETENSION, NO HISTRIONICS, NO STRAINING, JUST A SMOOTH NATURAL DELIVERY FOR HIS DEEP VOICE AND ONE-IN-A-MILLION ABILITY ON HARMONICA... THIS ARTIST POSSESSES ENOUGH TALENT TO BE CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE BEST NATIONAL TREASURES IN ANY GENRE"

ANDY GRIGG, WESTCOAST BLUES REVIEW, DECEMBER/JANUARY 1996

"ONE OF THE FINEST BLUES TALENTS I HAVE HEARD IN A LONG TIME, A SUPERB HARMONICA PLAYER, A RICH TONED NATURAL BLUES SINGER, SUPREMELY TALENTED SONGWRITER, AND BLESSED WITH THE COURAGE AND ABILITY TO TAKE CLASSIC MATERIAL AND MOULD IT INTO HIS OWN STYLE"

MICH RAINSFORD, BLUEPRINT, MAY 1996

SONG LIST

1. MELLOW DOWN EASY (DIXON)

2. ST.LOUIS BLUES (HANDY)

3. NO SUGAR BABY NOW (TRAD.-ARR.WILSON)

4. COME BACK HOME (NELSON,WILSON)

5. AS I GO WANDERING AROUND (WILSON)

6. JAMES ALLEY BLUES (BROWN)

7. HOY HOY (WILSON)

8. THREE TIMES A DAY (WILSON)

9. MOLE IN THE GROUND (TRAD.-ARR. WILSON)

10. NOTHING TO DO ALL DAY (WILSON)

11. WHO'S BEEN HERE? (CARTER)

12. EARLY LAST NIGHT (WILSON)

13. I'M A MAN (MORGANFIELD)

14. UP YER RIVER (WILSON)

15. WALKING MY BLUES AWAY (ALLEN)

16. HEAVEN SITTING DOWN (McDOWELL)

PERSONNEL

BACK ALLEY JOHN - ACCOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC SLIDE GUITAR, HARMONICA, VOCALS

TIM WILLIAMS - ELECTRIC ARCHTOP GUITAR, 6 STRING BANJO, MANDOLIN

GREG "Jr" DEMCHUK - ELECTRIC GUITAR

STEVE PINEO - ELECTRIC GUITAR

HOWARD CHAPMAN - ACCORDIAN

BILL HAWES - BAGPIPES

STEPHEN FRANSE - BASSOON

BILL EAGLESHAM - BASS

TOM KNOWLES - BASS

FRED LA ROSE - BASS

KEVIN BELZNER - DRUMS

SANDY SMITH - DRUMS

CHERYL L'HIRONDELLE - BACKING VOCALS

DEB POWER - BACKING VOCALS

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