Notes and Quotes: "Everything She Needs"

This early recording gives us a glimpse of a future Rolling Stone (Watts) and a future Cream member (Bruce) with Korner and Davies.

Heckstall-Smith was also a veteran of the London trad and blues scene, but, if you knew there was a British blues scene about to explode, you would probably have guessed that Baldry was going to be the super star. It didn't quite happen that way. Nevertheless, he puts in a strong performance here.

The style of blues they perform is heavily influenced by the notions about what American "folk" blues was supposed to be about. The instruments are only moderately amplified and even Davies' harmonica playing relies on the power of his lungs rather than closeness to the microphone. Note that their approach echoes the trad style of having several performers solo simultaneously.

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24 February, 2012