My initial reaction before I'd heard even a single note was that this would have a pleasantly soporific effect on me once I was tucked up in bed.
I was wrong!
So very wrong to the effect that I listened to it three times before I was engulfed in the arms of Morpheus. When I awoke this morning I had to play it again to make sure it hadn't been a fanciful dream.
No, I hadn't been dreaming this was the best guitar playing I'd heard since, well since I heard Louis Stewart live at the Corner House and somewhere else with Ronnie Scott.
Of course such statements are subjective and everyone will have their own opinion as to is/was the greatest be it Django, Metheny, Frisell, Clapton or whoever. Nevertheless, check out Louis Stewart before passing judgement.
This was Louis' first album as a leader, recorded in Dublin in 1975, and now, close on 50 years later, it is still as relevant today as it was then.
Five numbers by the trio: All the Things You Are; Bluesology; O Grande Amor; Alone Together; Footprints - the latter wasn't on the original album.
A guitar/bass duo: Body and Soul. Two solo guitar tracks: Send in the Clowns; Here's That Rainy Day and one duet with himself: Autumn Leaves.*
Originally released in 1975 it is now available on download and CD (vinyl at a later date) via the various outlets. Don't miss out this time around. Lance
*Back in the day BSH's number one Louis Stewart fan, JC, toyed with the idea of arranging a duo gig with local Northern Ireland expat Mark Williams. This would have been something special which Autumn Leaves hints at. Sadly, this was not to be as Louis passed away on August 20, 2016.
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