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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