GERRY BLOOM, MICK TAYLOR & FRIENDS
''ONCE IN A BLUE MOON''
1991
SHATTERED MUSIC
1/Can't Be Satisfied/Muddy Waters
2/When You Got a Friend/Robert Johnson
3/Coastin' Home/Gerry Groom
4/Mick's Jam/Groom, Taylor, Barr, Abts, Uhde,Ill
5/Music Teacher/Gerry Groom
6/Hip Shake/Gerry Groom, Willie Dixon
7/Long Distance Call/Muddy Waters
8/Suzie Q/Dale Hawkins, Stanley J. Louis
9/Louisiana Blues/Muddy Waters
10/Spots for Days/Gerry Groom
11/Red Rooster/Willie Dixon
12/Can't Be Satisfied/Muddy Waters
Gerry Groom/Vocals, Dobro
Mick Taylor/Electric Guitar, Dobro
Thomas ''Blues'' Uhde/Hohner Harmonica
Paul Ill/Bass
Matt Abts/Drums
Jeffrey Barr/Piano
The project was built around the figure of Gerry Groom, master blues guitarist and blues songwriter.
Released in 1991 (Groom passed away in 1992, in a scuba diving accident), this record fully fits into blues traditional standards, both in the tracklist (songs by Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, except for five original compositions by G. Groom) and in the choice of instruments: most of them are strictly acoustic, with Groom's dobro starring. One of the rare electric instruments is Mick Taylor's (special guest of this work) Fender vintage Stratocaster (modified with a Rickenbacker pickup).
Paul Ill's (a.k.a. Adrian Well) bass, Thomas Blues' harmonica, Mat Abts' drums and Jeffrey Barr's piano complete the band.
Respect for blues tradition, impeccable music performances and accuracy in recording (all the acoustic sources are amplified with high-quality microphones) are the strong points of this work.
''ONCE IN A BLUE MOON''
1991
SHATTERED MUSIC
1/Can't Be Satisfied/Muddy Waters
2/When You Got a Friend/Robert Johnson
3/Coastin' Home/Gerry Groom
4/Mick's Jam/Groom, Taylor, Barr, Abts, Uhde,Ill
5/Music Teacher/Gerry Groom
6/Hip Shake/Gerry Groom, Willie Dixon
7/Long Distance Call/Muddy Waters
8/Suzie Q/Dale Hawkins, Stanley J. Louis
9/Louisiana Blues/Muddy Waters
10/Spots for Days/Gerry Groom
11/Red Rooster/Willie Dixon
12/Can't Be Satisfied/Muddy Waters
Gerry Groom/Vocals, Dobro
Mick Taylor/Electric Guitar, Dobro
Thomas ''Blues'' Uhde/Hohner Harmonica
Paul Ill/Bass
Matt Abts/Drums
Jeffrey Barr/Piano
The project was built around the figure of Gerry Groom, master blues guitarist and blues songwriter.
Released in 1991 (Groom passed away in 1992, in a scuba diving accident), this record fully fits into blues traditional standards, both in the tracklist (songs by Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, except for five original compositions by G. Groom) and in the choice of instruments: most of them are strictly acoustic, with Groom's dobro starring. One of the rare electric instruments is Mick Taylor's (special guest of this work) Fender vintage Stratocaster (modified with a Rickenbacker pickup).
Paul Ill's (a.k.a. Adrian Well) bass, Thomas Blues' harmonica, Mat Abts' drums and Jeffrey Barr's piano complete the band.
Respect for blues tradition, impeccable music performances and accuracy in recording (all the acoustic sources are amplified with high-quality microphones) are the strong points of this work.