Smokin'

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:44:10
Kid Jonny Lang & The Big Bang: Kid Jonny Lang (vocals, guitar); Ted "Lightnin' Boy" Larsen (guitar, background vocals); Jeff Hayes (bass, background vocals); Michael Rey Larsen (drums, background vocals). Includes liner notes by Jon Bream. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Smokin' is a good electric blues album, but it's hard to divorce an assessment of it from the knowledge that singer/guitarist Jonny Lang was a mere 14 years old when he recorded it. Would one consider it such an achievement if the bandleader were twice that age? Probably not. Without Lang's precocity as a draw, the album is a competent work in a hidebound form. The guitar playing is fluid and professional in a style reminiscent of many other players, notably B.B. King. The singing is fine, but unremarkable. The backup band maintains a groove and gives Lang something to play off of. If you saw a band playing like this in a local club, you'd have a good time. And if you could tell that the guitar player was underage, you'd be far more impressed. But then, that's the point, isn't it? ~ William Ruhlmann
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)