Angela Strehli - 2005 - Blue Highway FLAC

Angela Strehli - 2005 - Blue Highway

Singer/songwriter Angela Strehli has been a fixture on the Austin blues scene for decades now, but as her first studio album in seven years demonstrates, her range extends beyond the blues and well into country, soul, and roots rock. At 60 years old, her voice is strong and slightly gritty around the edges, and her delivery is powerful and authoritative. She manages to take material like the Ann Peebles classic "Slipped, Tripped and Fell in Love" and Ernie K-Doe's "Hello My Lover" and make it all her own (though she has help on the latter from singer Paul Thorn), and her originals are mostly quite good as well. (Her tribute to the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, titled "SRV," is sweet but maybe just a bit on the overly sentimental side.) Fellow blueswomen Marcia Ball and Maria Muldaur join her on the rollicking title song. But the album's finest moment comes at the very end; the last track is a live version of the old blues song "C.O.D.," performed by Strehli with Vaughan and his band, Double Trouble, at Carnegie Hall in 1985. The combination of her powerful voice and his blockbusting guitar is amazing. Recommended.

Track list:
01 - Austin's Home Of The Blues
02 - Blue Highway
03 - Hello My Lover
04 - SRV
05 - Slipped, Tripped, And Fell In Love
06 - I Don't Know Why
07 - Lord, Don't Move The Mountain
08 - Headed South
09 - Always Love You
10 - C.O.D.

Personnel:
Dr. John - keyboards
Claytoven Richardson
Chris Layton
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Larry Batiste - background vocals
Jimmie Vaughan
Maria Muldaur - vocals
George Rains - drums
Paul Revelli - drums
Paul Thorn - vocals

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