Good Songs - Bad Song Arrangements & Bad Recording/Mix
The songs on the record are good, however the recordingquality is well below a typical commercial release. The recording of the drums on all of the songs with the exception of "Low Pressure" sounds lifeless and dead. For a Blues/R&B album to have dead lifeless sounding drums is a crime. The songs are further hampered by bad arrangements with the vocals being covered up by harmonica and guitar on many of the songs. One song in particular "Alabama Blues" which is such a great blues song has the impact completely dissipated by a bad arrangement/mix where other instruments cover over the vocals. Two songs on the album are good from an arrangement/recording/mix point of view - "Somewhere Down the Line" the title track and "Mrs. Parkers View".I leave it to the reader to determine if the album is worth buying based on my review.