Steve Cheseborough demonstrates that he’s a hell of a performer as well as a blu
author: Blues Revue, Dec. 03/Jan. 04 (Tom Hyslop, reviewer)
On Ham Hocks & Gravy, Steve Cheseborough demonstrates that he’s a hell of a performer as well as a blues authority. It’s full of unadorned prewar blues from the repertoires of Tommy Johnson, Bo Carter, Skip James, Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Mississippi John Hurt, and Rubin Lacy. Cheseborough plays with the lyric on Carter’s “Your Biscuits Are Big Enough for Me,” but most of this is straight-ahead (sometimes too reverential, as his attempt to duplicate Skip James’ falsetto sounds painful) and successful, with string-snapping bass, slurred chords, and clear fingerpicking.
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Robert Johnson blended with the humor and sexual innuendo of Monty Python.
author: Jackson Free Press (Herman Snell, music editor, reviewer)
1920s and ’30s-style acoustic blues in the Delta tradition of Robert Johnson blended with the humor and sexual innuendo of Monty Python. Sure to make you blush!
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I loved the CD Ham Hocks & Gravy.
author: Lonnie Bunch, president, Chicago Historical Society
AWESOME. Love it.
author: John Kane, attorney, Denver
Ham Hocks & Gravy is AWESOME. Love it. The sound is phenomenal, your playing is great as always, and your singing has gotten even better.
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