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Power’ is an anthemic song demanding civil rights. I enjoyed this album where you can see
exactly what both the principals bring to the party – and I think that the combination of the
blues, rock and soul works really well, reminding me of the group Free at times. The band
also do their part to make this a success, they are J.P. Soars (guitar, bass), Chris Peet (drums,
bass), Gary Davenport and Alex McElcheran (bass), Bernard DesLauriers (drums) and Barry
Seelen (organ).

Graham Harrison

Mud Morganfield—Portrait—Delmark ASIN:
B0B4W7X14Y

Mud’s ‘new’ album has fourteen tracks – seven originals and
seven covers – but the majority of these were previously
released on his 2012 album “Son of the Seventh Son”. However,
since signing with Delmark they have re-mastered the tracks
and added an extra two. We start and finish with the new
tracks, the first ‘Praise Him’ is a modern original gospel song
recorded in 2021 and arranged by Studebaker John (Grimaldi)
it’s completely different from the rest of the tracks which are

Muddy Waters-style blues produced by Bob Corritore. They
feature a band comprising Rick Kreher and Billy Flynn (guitars), E. G. McDaniel (bass), Kenny
“Beedy Eyes” Smith (drums), Barrelhouse Chuck (keyboards) and Harmonica Hinds or Bob
Corritore (harmonica), with the final track ‘Good Morning Little School Girl’ being an
unreleased track from those sessions. If you like Muddy Waters-style blues you’ll like these
tracks which have great playing from the band and Mud out front sounding very much like
his father but if you already have the album ‘Son of the Seventh Son’ you don’t need this release!

Graham Harrison

Dr Feelgood—Damn Right!—Grand Records ASIN :
‎BFFLSX7Z

When I first heard the Feelgoods in the early 70s they weren’t
like anything else around at the time – prog, jazz rock and glitter
rock – they were back to good ol’ British R&B - basic, pounding
beat music, with a hint of menace. This is a new incarnation of
the band without any of the original members, although three
of this band were Feelgoods back in 1983 when they worked
with original frontman Lee Brilleaux! These Feelgoods are
Robert Kane (vocals, harmonica), Gordon Russell (guitar –
rejoining the band after a break of 32 years), Kevin Morris
(drums) and Phil Mitchell (bass) and the album was recorded in four days in Southend with
bassist Dave Bronze in the producer’s chair. OK, they don’t sound exactly like the originals –
mainly because they aren’t - but in songs like ‘Put the Blame on Me’ they channel that same
basic straight-ahead feel, while ‘Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is’ harks back to the classic
old skool R&B of Bo Diddley but delivered in wide boy estuary English and they aren’t afraid
of a simple 12-bar.

The album doesn’t include any covers these are all original songs by Kane and Russell which
have the same ethos as the original band’s songs—probably passed on by Mr. Brilleaux—