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While his old bandmates rock on, this Stone is definitely not alone on his second go-around with an all-star combo. Georgie Fame and Paul Carrack vocalize alongside Gary Brooker on keyboards, Albert Lee and Andy Fairweather-Low on guitar, Chris Rea and Mick Taylor on slide, and Nicky Hopkins on keyboards -- well, not all on the same track. Nonetheless, the Classics IV song "Spooky" sounds lifeless. Performing favorites by J.J. Cale, Dan Hicks, Mose Allison, Willie Dixon and a handful of Wyman originals in the jazz and R&B traditions, only Fame turns in a fancy, characteristic performance on the Hicks song "Walking One and Only"; his voice throughout is the project's super-high spot. Wyman sounds perfectly happy plunking away throughout, though Eric Clapton and Peter Frampton's contributions are of no real consequence. In fact, Clapton's lead on "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You" is just an annoyance.
CONDITION: NEW Slashed Case
TRACK LISTING
1 Any Way the Wind Blows
2 Spooky
3 Walking One & Only
4 Mojo Boogie
5 Too Late
6 Every Sixty Seconds
7 Ring My Bell
8 Days Like This
9 He's a Real Gone Guy
10 A True Romance
11 Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
12 When Hollywood Goes Black & Tan
13 Crazy He Calls Me
14 Struttin' Our Stuff
15 Sugar Babe
16 Gonna Find Me a New Love
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