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 | | He was already a driving piano man/talent scout/songwriter/bandleader in Mississippi when these earliest sides were cut, and by the time, five years later, when he was performing and recording in the St. Louis area, the components of his style were all in place. |
 | | Brash, confident, reverb-washed, blasted from his Fender Stratocaster, Ike ranged from RandB stomps to rock and country instrumentals(‘Steel Guitar Rag’ was always one of his favorites). |
 | | Even the medley, called ‘All the Blues All The Time’, is a precision display by Ike of Mississippi-gone-to-Chicago songs, all built on archetypal blues themes--- from Dust My Blues to Woke Up This Morning, Stop-time figures, John Lee Hooker patterns, to B.B. King single string leads, all laid down in diamond-hard brilliance. |
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