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Just like its title, Bill Sims' eponymous PBS / Warner Brothers debut is unpretentious and solid: it's this singer-guitarist's personal overview of the blues. Sims' voice at its most soulful suggests a blues Gil Scott-Heron or Lou Rawls -- smooth, deep rather than flashy, and bittersweet. Some of his guitar solos somehow sound like that too. He transforms "Nobody's Fault But Mine" into a backporch banjo stomp, and tunes by Big Bill Broonzy and Charley Patton into shifty New Orleans second-line funk. He also breaks down a mournful version of Howlin' Wolf's "Mr. Airplane Man," and brings onboard saxophonist Chico Freeman to intensify the slow-burning R&B heat in "Smoky City." ~ Chris Slawecki, All Music Guide
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Bill Sims Track Listing
Credits of Bill Sims
- Tony Mason
- Drums
- Brian Mitchell
- Piano, Accordion, Organ (Hammond)
- Donny McCaslin
- Sax (Tenor)
- Vic Anesini
- Mastering
- Katherine Delaney
- Art Direction, Design
- Jim Caruana
- Engineer, Mixing
- Pat Cisarano
- Vocals (Background)
- Ryan Hewitt
- Assistant Engineer
- Kenny Rampton
- Trumpet, Cornet
- Bill Sims
- Guitar (Acoustic), Banjo, Guitar, Shaker, Main Performer, Vocals, Organ (Hammond), Guitar (Electric)
- Keith Shortreed
- Assistant Engineer
- Larry Phillabaum
- Assistant Engineer
- George Mitchell
- Bass (Acoustic)
- Tom Dawes
- Producer, Mixing
- Clark Gayton
- Trombone, Tuba
- Andy Hess
- Bass (Electric)
- Chico Freeman
- Sax (Tenor), Performer
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