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Robb plays steel-string acoustic guitar here and displays a skilled hand at several blues styles, including John Hurt- cum John Fahey style picking, the Reverend Gary Davis' blues technique, slide guitar and an in-your-face single-string style. Several tracks recorded in Memphis feature bass guitar, drums and piano along with Robb's guitar and vocals and convey an infectious good-time feel. These include "My Baby Left Me," "Lonely Avenue," "My Sweet Potato" and several others. Robb presents a varied, adventurous program, breaking up the band cuts with solo guitar pieces, typified by his juxtaposition of "Lonely Avenue" and John Fahey's "Joe Kirby Blues, where he uncannily approaches Fahey's tone and microtonal bends. Other favorites include the blues rumba, "Louise," "My Mind is Trying to Leave Me," featuring tasty lead playing, "Cassie," a jazzy instrumental recalling Chet Atkins and "Like Merle [i.e., Travis]." Terry Robb is well-established as a performer and guitar teacher in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. This solid release should gain him additional fans.
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