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harmonica playing. The songs are tight and the vocals have an American

tinge but it all fits together.

One of the restrictions of this format of electric guitar, harmonica and

vocals is that it is crying out for a bass, drums and Hammond to get behind
it and really lift the songs to another level. Maybe a future project perhaps?

Ged Wilson

Nothing In Rambling—Live At Bush

Hall—Self Release

Nothing in Rambling is a collaboration of
blues singer Sister Suzie and blues

singer/guitarist Andy Twyman. Having

taken their name from the classic Mem-
phis Minnie tune they perform their style

of early blues here live at London iconic

venue, Bush Hall.

The album opens, unsurprisingly,with
’Nothing In Rambling’ followed by another Memphis Minnie tune, ‘Girlish

Days’ which is in that ‘Key to the Highway’ type format. ‘Me And My

Chauffeur’ is another blues classic that is sure to get your foot tapping.
They strip back the old Blind Willie Johnson tune, ‘Soul Of A Man’ to just a

vocal over a foot stomp. Suzie really excels on this one and I feel you get to

hear more of her true voice, really liked this one.

There are some excellent guitar chops from Andy on ‘Keep On Going’

before he joins Suzie for some dual vocal work on the old Reverend Gary
Davis classic, ‘12 Gates To The City’. ‘Stranger Blues’ really gets the crowd

rocking with its slide guitar stomp blues vibe before the album closes with

another Memphis Minnie tune ‘Kissing In The Dark’.

Sister Suzie has a fine voice which really shone on ‘Soul Of A Man’ whereas
I felt her voice was more in the character with the Memphis Minnie songs

rather than her true natural voice. Andy’s guitar work was exemplary