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Hound Dog Taylor
& Houserockers (24bt) (Mlps)
Genres: Blues, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. She's Gone
2. Walking the Ceiling
3. Held My Baby Last Night
4. Taylor's Rock
5. It's Alright
6. Phillips' Theme
7. Wild About You Baby
8. I Just Can't Make It
9. It Hurts Me Too
10. 44 Blues
11. Give Me Back My Wig
12. 55th Street Boogie

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007.

CD Details

All Artists: Hound Dog Taylor
Title: & Houserockers (24bt) (Mlps)
Members Wishing: 9
Total Copies: 0
Label: P-Vine Japan
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 5/28/2007
Album Type: Import, Original recording remastered
Genres: Blues, Pop, Rock
Styles: Chicago Blues, Electric Blues, Modern Blues, Slide Guitar
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 014551470120, 4995879239551, 014551470113, 014551470144

Synopsis

Album Description

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007.

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Member CD Reviews

Brett H. (BlooZRocker)
Reviewed on 9/2/2008...

For Chicago-style slide-guitar blues on the jagged edge, Hound Dog Taylor is your man... He can whip up some scalding hot slide on one number then tone it down to some smooth, sweet fills on the next or sometimes even in the same song. His partner in steel, Brewer Phillips keeps the rhythm going along with the crash!, boom!, bang! of Ted Harvey's drumset. Ragged & Right & top-shelf entertainment like no other...

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CD Reviews

Rough but fun

Docendo Discimus | Vita scholae | 09/28/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

""When I die", Hound Dog Taylor is reported to have said, "people are gonna say 'he couldn't play s**t, but he sure made it sound good'!"

Well, truth be told, Theodore Roosevelt Taylor wasn't the most subtle or technically varied slide guitarist, but he and his Houserockers did indeed make it sound good.

The production on this their first record leaves a lot to be desired (the drums are mixed way too far into the background, and there are times when you can barely hear Brewer Phillips' second guitar), but having Hound Dog Taylor's crunchy, fuzzy lead guitar right up front isn't too bad, and he rocks on the funky "It's Alright", the fiery instrumental "Walking The Ceiling", and a raw, sloppy take on Tampa Red's "It Hurts Me Too".

Other highlights include the slow blues "Held My Baby Last Night", and Hound Dog Taylor's best song, the superbly groovy, up-tempo boogie of "Give Me Back My Wig" (later covered by Stevie Ray Vaughan among others).

Incredibly unsubtle and often unvaried, and too many mediocre instrumental pieces, too, but it's good fun all the same.

3 1/2 stars."

Seminal,essential......historical at all!

Ricardo Neves Gonzalez | Petrópolis-R.J. Brazil-bluesfan@ig.com.br | 11/22/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album captures the simplicity of the seminal blues like no other.Bruce Iglauer have done his best choice,at the beginning of the Alligator's Records.Houd Dog Taylor,with this work was really at an inspirated time,and his slideway to play was full of talent,an overdose of great blues! This was the first album of Alligator's,and it's fundamental for those that really want to start a collection of blues rarities! Hound Dog Taylor was among that blues artists,Iglauer most admired and really wanted to record,after he lefted Bob Koester's Delmark Records! Of course,seminal,essential...historical album!"

An essential work for anyone that rocks

Scott B. Saul | COOPER CITY, FL USA | 09/03/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the pivotal work for all rock and blues fans. It cannot get any more raw. For all you Black Keys, White Stripes, etc fans, this is what the bands aspire to be.

This is the real deal, music played by true bluesmen that were not in it for the money.

The guitar is so raw,

production so raw,

singing so raw

...they just must have turned on the tape recorder and said okay...now play!

What Miles Davis's "Kind of Blue" is to jazz, this is essential for modern rock. This is absolutely ferocious guitar playing!"

A Classic

Boston Bluesman | Boston, MA USA | 10/31/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Hound Dog Taylor and the House Rockers prove that you do not need to be great musicans to be a great blues players. Blues is as much an emotion as it is a music style and the great play the blues with soul. You will not be confusing Hound Dog with Robert Cray or Eric Clapton who are both better technically, but lack the raw soul needed to be great at the blues. The Dog brings it as raw as anyone and that is what makes this is a great blues album. The rawness of this album it may not be as accessible for everyone. Would only suggest for folks already deep in the blues. If you are looking for some great slide guitar that is a little more refined abd accessibile check out Lil' Ed and the Imperials.

This album is important historically for the blues being the first release for Alligator Records, which has since become a major blues label and help revived the blues in the early 80's. If you like raw honky tonk slide blues guitar this is the album for you."

A must for rock 'n' rollers and blues fanatics alike.

Boston Bluesman | 11/26/1998

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you like music that's raw, hard-driving, and intense...this is the album for you. Hound Dog Taylor was a true treasure. His style of blues expanded on that of his primary influence-Elmore James-and made in even rougher,louder,and funkier. This is true juke joint blues. My favorites include "It's Alright" and "I'm Wild About You, Baby." It's a shame that more contempory bluesmen don't follow Hound Dog Taylor's example and realize that blues isn't about musicianship...it's about feeling."