|
Texas Twister | 
 enlarge | Artist: Johnny Copeland
Label: Rounder Select
Category: Music
Buy New: $33.90
New (6) Used (3) from $11.00
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 165582
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 011661150423
EAN: 0011661150423
ASIN: B0000003LO
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new. Shipped from the UK by Airmail direct to 5 airports in the United States. Delivery takes approximately 5 working days from posting - we're frequently faster than a lot of US based sellers.
| |
| Tracks:
| • | Everybody Wants a Piece of Me | | • | Copeland Special | | • | It's My Own Tears That's Being Wasted | | • | Claim Jumper | | • | Natural Born Believer | | • | Cold Outside | | • | Honky Tonkin' | | • | Love Utopia | | • | Don't Stop by the Creek, Son | | • | Houston | | • | I de Go Now | | • | Excuses | | • | Ngote - Johnny Copeland, Polyrhythmo, T.P. | | • | Kasavubu | | • | Abidjan |
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
A collection of four of the Texas guitarist's sessions for Rounder Records, Texas Twister doesn't quite pack the punch of the individual albums, but is still an excellent introduction to the guitarist's work. Underappreciated until the last years of his life--though daughter Shemekia has been shaking things up since her debut album was released in 1998--Copeland had everything that epitomized the Texas blues: scorching guitar riffs; a growling, expressive voice; and a sense of the grand that one rarely finds in any other flavor of the blues. From smoking slow blues like "It's My Own Tears" and "Honky Tonkin'" to more uptempo numbers like "Claim Jumper" and "Love Utopia," everything here is rock-solid. What's extra special, though, are the final three tracks--drawn from 1986's Bringin' It All Back Home--which, by setting Copeland's blues to African rhythms and backing music, highlight both the family resemblance between the two types of music, and how far they've diverged. --Genevieve Williams
|
| Customer Reviews:
Awesome July 31, 2001
D. L. Johnson (NW, Indiana United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I first got turned onto Johnny Copeland from the great Showdown disc featuring Albert Collins, Robert Crey and Johnny Copeland. Everyone should own Showdown!!! I found that my favorite cuts from that album featured Johnny. Texas Twister was the first CD's from him I purchased. It had some other great things like Stevie Ray Vaughn's involvment. Don't Go By the Creek Son ( which is featured in SRV's box set) rocks the bones out of ya. Johnny's has to be the best blues vocalist I have ever heard. I get goose bumps from head to toe every time I hear him. You can't go wrong with this disk. I give it two thumbs up! (I'd gve more if I had more)
|
|
|
Used CDs | |
