John Ussery - Cryin' and Screamin'

Track List: Cryin' and Screamin'

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Album Details: Cryin' and Screamin'

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01/01/2000

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User Reviews: Cryin' and Screamin'

1. Hot R & B with some Texas sauce

   , May 12, 2007
   Reviewer: mitchlopate - See all mitchlopate's reviews

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   Pros: The Three Kings (B.B., Albert, and Freddie)

   Cons: Not well-known enough!

   The first five seconds on track one ought to convince you—it’s the quiet guys whom you have to watch. John’s the Roy Hobbs (see the movie The Natural, with Robert Redford) of guitar, having taken 20 years (!) off from playing after he had a dispute with a friend in the studio. But the touch was still there—and when Ussery took up where he left off, he must have gained The Three Kings (Albert, B.B., and Freddie) as guardian angels during those lost years. It shows—they were John’s inspiration, and as the title says, this man lets his guitar bleed his heart with the blues.
   Imagine how Lyle Lovett would sound if the worm in the tequila bottle turned into a live rattlesnake when you got to the bottom, and that’s Ussery on vocals—a tough side that swaggers and struts. The brass/horn/harp section of the FTBB smokes like a bad forest fire, especially during John’s Delbert McClinton-like “I Been Pickin’ ‘Em Up” (and layin’ ‘em down). This is the return of a bad—a very bad man, and thank God for that. You can plead for mercy, but Sheriff Ussery is back in town, y’all, and he’s here to lay down the law—as judge, jury, and jailer. Pay attention and get it straight with John, or you’ll be “cryin’ and screamin’”. ...

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