Major Moves (Original Classic Hits 11) Reviews
Major Moves (Original Classic Hits 11) Reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful Hank Jr. and John Lee Hooker? I am there!, By bestseller92 (Southeastern Oklahoma) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Major Moves (Original Classic Hits 11) (Audio CD) This is a good album overall, but "The Blues Medley" makes it five star. That duet between Hank Jr. and the legendary John Lee Hooker is what got me interested in the blues at the age of 16, and it's worth the price of the CD by itself. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful another great album from hank jr, By Gitters (Allendale, IL United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: Major Moves (Original Classic Hits 11) (Audio CD) Major Moves is another great Hank Williams Jr album. The opener All My Rowdy Friends are Coming Over Tonight is a great way to start the album. Other highlights include Video Blues, Mr.Lincoln, Attitude Adjustment, Knoxville Courthouse Blues,and the title track Major Moves.Major Moves is a solid album from Hank,that all Hank fans will enjoy. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful High quality album mixing blues rock and country, By This review is from: Major Moves (Original Classic Hits 11) (Audio CD) As ever, this album is a mix of covers and original, although here most of the covers are included in the excellent four-part Blues medley, which pays tribute to some of Hank's heroes in that genre of music including Lightning Hopkins and Elmore Jones. There are just two other covers - Wild and blue (a then-recent country hit for John Anderson) and Promises (Eric Clapton), both of which are well suited to Hank's style.Most of Hank's albums from the eighties contain at least one song in which Hank really lets you know about life as he sees it - and several such songs were later compiled together on America the way I see it. On this album you get Mr Lincoln, in which Hank wishes that the great man could come to save America. Attitude adjustment sounds like it might be another soapbox song but this is a very clever song with a certain amount of humor. Knoxville courthouse blues is about what can happen to a man if he loves the wrong woman. Of the remaining songs, Video blues, Major... Read more |
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