English vocals
International relevance: *
Chicago
born guitarist Mike Castle spent time in Sweden and teamed up with
Peps Persson and his then backing band Blues Quality for one album
1970, seemingly the only one Castle ever did. An all-blues effort
with the exception of Gordon Lightfoot's ”Early Morning Rain”.
Only ”Stockholm Blues” and ”Eagle Blues” are Castle
originals, the rest is rather pedestrian cover choices such as ”Sweet
Home Chicago”, ”Death Letter Blues” and ”Walkin' Blues”
(although the latter is only a digital bonus track). Castle is an adequate but
unexceptional acoustic guitarist and an uninspiring singer with a
voice better suited for American folk styles than blues. Therefore he
sounds best on the Lightfoot track and Mississippi John Hurt's ”Casey
Jones” than the gruffer songs of Son House or Robert Johnson. He's
learned the moves but fails to infuse much personality into them.
Blues Quality appears on two tracks, Peps on six.
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