| The Elvin Bishop Group: 'Feel It!' £6.99 | The Elvin Bishop Group: 'The Elvin Bishop Group' £6.99 |
 The Elvin Bishop Group's 1970 sophomore effort Feel It! is is a cornerstone of the still-vital blues career of Elvin Bishop, a man who always let the good times roll. With David Rubinson again producing, the band’s personnel had been expanded to include vocalist Jo Baker, and the Pointer Sisters, Patricia, June and Anita—soon to top the charts with their own soulful blend—were hired to sing backup vocals. Bishop contributes his unique set of pipes to “So Fine,” a gospel-tinged, Johnny Otis-penned 1959 doo wop hit by the Fiestas. And Bishop’s ubiquitous guitar leads on Feel It! are, as always, well-paced and razor-sharp. |
 When Elvin Bishop left the Butterfield Blues Band in 1968 and moved to California, he added the one ingredient missing from San Francisco’s bubbling musical cauldron: nasty, down-home, electrified blues. His landmark solo debut album, The Elvin Bishop Group, released on the Fillmore/CBS label in 1969, was the perfect vehicle to keep the home fires burning. Running the gamut from Bishop’s plaintive, down-home vocals and searing guitar work on “Things I Used To Do” to his blazing instrumental workout, “Tulsa Shuffle,” and the knee-slapping, backwoods humor found on “Dad Gum Ya Hide, Boy,” the album is as full of surprises (and as much fun) as a greased-pig contest at a county fair. |
| TRACK LISTING Don’t Fight It (Feel It) I Just Can’t Go On So Good Crazy ‘Bout You Baby So Fine Party Till The Cows Come Home Hogbottom Be With Me As The Years Go Passing By BONUS TRACK: Stealin’ Watermelons |
TRACK LISTING The Things I Used To Do Tulsa Shuffle Sweeet Potato How Much More Dad Gum Ya Hide, Boy Honey Bee Prisoner Of Love BONUS TRACKS: So Fine (live) Party Till The Cows Come Home (live) |