Lucky Peterson (1999)

About this title: As a triple threat, guitarist/organist/singer Lucky Peterson is able to vary the usual repetitive patterns that a full-length album of blues music can fall into, and though the back cover of his self-titled 1999 album advises "File Under: BLUES, " advice we would not dispute, a lot of different bases are covered on the album. "Shake," with the addition of the Late Night Horns, is a convincing remake of the Sam Cooke soul classic, Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away" provides a country-style platform for a duet between Peterson and Joe Louis Walker, and the most surprising selection, ... read more

Tracks:

1. Deal with It [Isley]
2. The Otherside [McFarland/Gray]
3. Tribute to Luther Allison [Peterson]
4. Shake [Cooke]
5. Funny How Time Slips Away [Nelson]
6. Why Can't We Live Together [Thomas]
7. Ask Me Nothing 'Bout the Blues [Boozier/Malone]
8. She's Giving Me the Blues [McFarland]
9. Seduction [King]
10. Ta' Ta' You [Watson]
11. Don't Cry No More [Malone]
12. Ode to Billie Joe [Gentry]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.