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LIZ MANDEVILLE - Clarksdale (2012)

This is Liz Mandeville’s fifth recording, first for her own and recently formed Blue Kitty Music label. This recording includes guests Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Eddie Shaw, Donna Herula, and Nick Moss, who are also dear old friends of Mandeville. Clarksdale is a mixed bag that covers various genres. I felt that Mandeville’s strongest selections are her more rocking and jump tunes. Kicking off the album is “Roadside Produce Stand” which finds her band tight and jumping in fine fashion. Mandeville’s vocals are also strong and definitely right on the target. I found “A Soldiers Wife” to be an odd inclusion; though lyrically passionate, it’s far from anything else on this recording and has no blues roots whatsoever. Eddie Shaw honks powerfully on the bouncy “Sweet Potato Pie,” and it’s a track that will definitely have you moving and grooving. I thoroughly dug Donna Herula’s slide work on the duet performance of “Sand Baggin,” which I suspect has connections to the 2011 Memphis floods. The album concludes with a jumping and hilarious “My Mama Wears Combat Boots,” which is seemingly a tip of the hat and tribute to women in our armed services, additionally Nick Moss adds some very sharp guitar licks on this upbeat and high-flying finale, which left me wanting for more songs from Mandeville’s fine album.

TRACKS: 01. Roadside Produce Stand (feat. Willie "Big Eyes" Smith) 02. Mama & Daddy Blues (feat. Willie "Big Eyes" Smith) 03. No Fear / Everything 04. Walking & Talking With You (feat. Willie "Big Eyes" Smith) 05. A Soldiers Wife (feat. Donna Herula) 06. Clarksdale/Riverside Hotel Blues (feat. Willie "Big Eyes" Smith) 07. Bye Bye Blues (feat. Donna Herula) 08. 8. Sweet Potatoe Pie (feat. Willie "Big Eyes" Smith & Eddie Shaw) 09. 4:20 Blues 10. Sand Baggin (feat. Donna Herula) 11. My Mama Wears Combat Boots (feat. Nick Moss)