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Tompee Z. (tompee) from CASTAIC, CA
Reviewed on 6/20/2007...

"this is your old man's blues if your old man grew up listening to led zeppelin and john mayall at maximum volume..."

Carlos del Junco - What an awesome album !!

M. Kimmins | 04/18/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a truly great album, and goes way beyond straight ahead blues. Carlos Del Junco is a world champion harp player and winner of many national and international awards. He plays beautifully and brilliantly across all the tracks of this CD. The album is an exciting eclectic mix of blues, jazz , latin, bluegrass, and country and features a great group of musicians in addition to Carlos himself. I had read multiple great reviews of this album before I had chance to hear it myself and the praise is well deserved. Anyone who enjoys virtuoso harmonica playing and blues/jazz based music will love this CD. Highly recommended."

Del Junco scores with Northernblues Music!

Brett Lemke | www.maximumink.com | 07/07/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Harpist Carlos del Junco accentuates carefully placed golden melodies and lounge-tenor vocals that will give his southern American bandleader counterparts a listening ear. As a harmonica player, del Junco has a wonderful understanding of traditional music styles. His knowledge of Latin rhythms and percussion leads to abrupt stops and key changes mid-tune, and he has been known to "split" his harmonica at times during solos. Kevin Breit, the album's bottleneck and guitar player, shines on this record with dirty and drunken bottleneck rhythms. Breit fills the dozen tracks with whiskey fuzz and hammer-down tube-amp drawls that mimic none other than Lightnin' Hopkins himself; with de-tuned low strings and lollygagging slide. This record is recommended for fans of Rod Piazza, and the James Harman Band. - Brett Lemke - (...)"