Gone Woman Blues

Performer: Rory Block
Engineer: Ron Bach; Shep Siegel; Shep Siegel; Ron Back; Phil Magnotti; Scott Petito
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Rory Block (acoustic guitar, vocals, National steel guitar); Jordan Block Valdina (vocals); Brendan Croker (acoustic guitar); Little Annie Raines (harmonica); Warren Bernhardt (piano). Producers: Rory Block, Ron Bach, John Sebastian. Personnel: Rory Block (vocals, acoustic guitar, steel guitar); Jordan Block Valdina (vocals); Brendan Croker (acoustic guitar); Annie Raines (harmonica); Warren Bernhardt (piano). Audio Mixer: Ron Back. Recording information: Bearsville, Woodstock, NY; Edit Masters, Chatham, NY; NRS Recording Studios, Hurley, NY; Payne African Methodist Episcopal Church, Chatham, NY; The Carriage House, Stamford, CT. Photographer: Carla Gahr. Subtitled "The Country Blues Collection," Rory Block sticks to what she may do better than any other contemporary player around. These cuts have all been heard scattered about on various other albums going back to High Heeled Blues from 1989; here they are pulled together into one comprehensive whole. She explores the wide variety of country-blues, and even at 69-plus minutes this disc never gets repetitive. Except for five cuts, she is unaccompanied, and when she is, it only enhances what she does. Her youngest son, Jordan Block Valdina, helps out by doing the male vocal on a stunning a cappella version of "Be Ready When He Comes." The harmonica backing by Little Annie Raines (a frequent collaborator with Paul Rishell) just perfectly walks that line of being enhancing without intruding. If you like country-blues, this is one you don't want to miss. ~ Bob Gottlieb

JazzTimes (8/97, p.76) - "GONE WOMAN BLUES is a 24-song collection of her acoustic country blues recordings...Block acquits herself nicely on Robert Johnson classics...and handles gospel flavored numbers...with requisite fire and soul."

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