Nick Gravenites - My Labors (2CD) (1969/2001) [FLAC] torrent

Nick Gravenites (with Michael Bloomfield) - My Labors (2CD) (1969/2001)

Tracklist:

CD 1: My Labors 1969
01. Killing My Love
02. Gypsy Good Time
03. Holy Moly
04. Moon Tune
05. My Labors
06. Throw Your Dog A Bone
07. As Good As You've Been To This World
08. Wintry Country Side
Bonus: Live At Bill Graham's Fillmore West 1969
09. It Takes Time
10. Blues On A Westside
11. It's About Time

CD 2:
12. Born In Chicago
13. Work Me Lord
14. Killing My Love
15. My Heart Beat Like A Hammer
16. It's About Time
17. Young Girl (San Quentin Quail)
18. Born In Chicago

While this album is listed as a Nick Gravenites album, Michael Bloomfield plays such an integral part, one is tempted to call it "Our Labors." Nick Gravenites is an underrated songwriter/singer and deserves accolades for his work on this and many other albums but the star that really shines,no,blazes, is Michael Bloomfield. His playing on the live cuts is some of the best blues guitar I've ever heard. That's no hyperbole,either. Mike Bloomfield had brains in his fingers and this CD proves it. This is Blues improvisation at its finest. By the way, "My Labors" was recorded in 1969. While some of the studio cuts sound a little dated, the live stuff sounds like it could have been recorded yesterday.