PAULINE YORK BAND: Muddy Water

Pauline York Band

Muddy Water

© 2004 Pauline Saracini (634479876820)

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What do you get when you mix the waters of the delta and the bayou with a little Chicago grit? The refreshing taste of blues - simple, yet with a twist of originality. Sip it slowly...

tracks

1 Leaving Trunk
2 Home to Lafayette
3 Someone Like You
4 Muddy Water
5 Sing It
6 Thirteen Minutes
7 Satisfied
8 Your Love is Like a Cancer
9 Keep Loving me Baby
10 Someone Else
11 Security
12 Early in the Morning
13 Cherry Pie

notes

FROM BLUES REVUE - DEC/JAN 2005 BY HAL HOROWITZ

This Midwestern guitarslinging bandleader proves that her head-turning debut (Blackberry Wine) was no fluke. Muddy Water consolidates Pauline York's strengths - a stong and expressive voice, restrained lead guitar, and a swampy New Orleans attack - around excellent material. Though she admits to a strong affiliation for Stevie Ray Vaughan, York doesn't get sidetrackede by blustery electric leads or attempt to imitate Double Trouble's blues-rock approach. Instead, she treads her own ground, grinding a gutsy groove on Otis Redding's "Security" and laying her tough yet tender voice over her own "Thirteen Minutes."
Though her vocals have sex appeal, York refreshingly downplays that side of her persona, instead churning out blues with sass and class. She's not afraid to revert to acoustic guitar for soulful ballads such as "Someone Else," and a sultry, stripped-down cover of "Cherry Pie," where the cracks in her voice add layers of emotion to the song's suggestive lyrics. Heading to second-line territory on "Home to Lafayette" and the joyous "Sing it" brings out York's inner Marcia Ball. She gets mean and low-down on the title tracks, where the molasses tempo engulfs you in syrupy, sensuous slow-boil blues against evocative lyrics ("He's just like muddy water/he feels so good but he don't wash away clean."). Young gun Nick Moss adds subtle harmonica to the tune, but York's tough, slinky guitar steals the show here and on a raging, funky cover of Son Seals' "Your Love is Like a Cancer."
The no-nonsense production provides a flavorful feel, keeping the sound natural and overdubs to a minimum. With a talent as seemingly innate as York's turning on the recorder is all that's needed. Tight yet casual, she walks the wire between blistering blues belter and edgy singer/songwriter with remarkable aplomb.

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  • author: princess

    blackberrywine,is one awesome cd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • author: julie

    paulineyork is really good song wirter she really sing from her heart and put lot of feeling in her songs ..... muddy water is so well song that of how she feels when cannot wash that man way clean.. she did really good job wirter and singing that song, the cover was really neat

  • awesome CD
    author: Jeffrey Adair

    When it come to blues, I'm very picky; I like Sue Foley, and that's about it. What a pleasure, then, to discover this awesome CD. Not a weak track on it. Great guitar work and superb vocals.

  • author: julie natschke

    really under stand where pualine comes when she sing my blue eyes baby!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • like all songs
    author: julie natschke

    like all songs

  • Another great CD from Pauline York!
    author: Jay Jerrolds

    After I listined to Muddy Water I was shocked! Pauline York blew me away with her ability not only as a guitar player but her vocals on Muddy Water were better than on her 1st CD Blackberry Wine! Again Pauline proved she is the future of what the chicago blues sound will be in the future!

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