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Blues
fans should and will be shocked that Greyhound Blues is the only
solo album Ervin Charles ever recorded. Joined by a killer band and
his long-time friend/collaborator, Richard Earl laying down soulful
vocals, Charles goes out in style.
"If not for this CD, which was recorded last year, most Texans
would never have been aware of Beaumont's Ervin Charles, who died on
April 1 at age 68 with little more than two credits on 1999's Lone Star
Shootout CD to show for a storied, fifty-year career. The ferocious
blast of guitar and harp (by producer Paul Orta) that kicks off "So
Mean To Me" proves that Ervin meant to remedy that. His brash attack
and biting tone move effortlessly from the mathematical precision of
B. B. King to the cold, hard edge of Albert Collins. He sings with vulnerability
and resolve, adding throaty gasps, grunts, and groans that ride the
rhythm or answer his guitar gleefully." -- John Morthland, Texas
Monthly
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