Cat. No. 2840: GEOFF ACHISON ~ ANOTHER MILE, ANOTHER MINUTE. JUPITER2 RECORDS GRACD19 J2.
IT HAS OFTEN BEEN INTIMATED THAT SAM PHILLIPS OF SUN RECORDS ONCE SAID, "IF I COULD FIND A WHITE GUY WHO SINGS LIKE A BLACK GUY I COULD SELL A MILLION RECORDS" (OR WORDS TO THAT EFFECT). WELL, WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT IS IF GEOFF ACHISON HAD WALKED INTO SUN STUDIOS AFTER SAM SAID THAT THEN HE WOULD HAVE SIGNED HIM UP ON THE SPOT. GEOFF'S SINGING EVOKES MEMORIES OF B.B. KING COME HOWLIN' WOLF COME WILSON PICKET COME BARRY WHITE.
THE FIRST TIME I LISTENED TO THIS CD BY GEOFF I WAS BLOWN AWAY AND I ENDED UP PLAYING THE CD THREE TIMES IN A ROW AND IT QUICKLY BECAME ONE OF MY FAVOURITE ALBUMS. GEOFF HAS RECEIVED MANY, MANY BLUES MUSIC AWARDS OVER THE YEARS FOR HIS PERFORMANCES AND LISTENING TO THIS ALBUM GIVES A GOOD INDICATION WHY. GEOFF'S MUSIC IS NOT YOUR RUN OF THE MILL BLUES MUSIC. I WOULD SAY IT IS MORE SOUL BLUES. IT IS NEITHER BLUES MUSIC NOR SOUL IT IS SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. FROM THE OPENING ROCKIN' SOUL STYLED TRACK "HIGH WIRE" TO THE CLOSING MELODIC INSTRUMENTAL "FRONT PORCH FAREWELL" EACH TRACK IS DIFFERENT. THE INSTRUMENTS USED THROUGHOUT THE ALBUM ARE VARIED, ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC GUITARS, PIANO/SYNTHESISER, HARMONICA, TRUMPET, SAXOPHONE, DRUMS/PERCUSSION, BASS GUITARS ALL ADDING UP TO AN INCREDIBLE ALBUM. EVEN THE BACKING VOCALS DO NOT DETRACT FROM THE PERFORMANCES. ALL IN ALL A BRILLIANT ALBUM AND I WILL GIVE IT SOMETHING I HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE, SEVEN STARS *******
TRACK LISTING: Another Mile, Another Minute / Delta Dave / Working My Way Back Home / I'm Gonna Ride (feat. Chris Wilson) / A New Bad Habit / I Wish You Were Mine (feat. Lloyd Spiegel) / Another Mile, Another Minute / Make No Mistake (feat. Shannon Bourne) / Dreaming I'm Awake / Sum Peeples Got All Da Funk / Baby Come Back / I Need Help / Make My Stand / Front Porch Farewell.
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