Customer Reviews
Seasick Steve - The man, the hat, the beard and the music. - By: Proactive Karma, 20 Nov 2008 
I first saw / heard Seasick Steve (Steve Wold) on Jools Holland's 'Later' TV show on the BBC a couple of years ago. I wasn't quite sure what to expect when he appeared on my TV screen. He looked more like a busker than a starin the making, but by the time he had finished his song, I was a fan, along with thousands of others who saw him that night. In short, he blew us all away. He was on the show again recentlyin order to publicise this new album & guess what, he blew us away again! The star performer.
This album is probably the result of Steve's first appearance on Jools' show & it would seem that Mr Holland has to some degree provided a guiding hand or least support,in it's making...the presence of Ruby Turner (A regular performer with Jools' band) on the track 'Happy Man', being one example.
Any fan of Steve will love the album. It's classic Steve from start to finish & will have you foot stomping & finger tapping as the maestro does what he does best. The slower, more reflective tracks are excellent as well & provide a good contrast with the livelier numbers. All of them come from a man who has clearly lived a full & eventful life, acquiring a collection of tales & some wisdom along the way.
To be honest, I didn't realise just how good Steve was until I listend to this album. In an ocean of musical mediocrity, thank goodness that people like Seasick Steve have deployed the lifeboats & invited the rest of us to come aboard to escape the boring banality of what lurksin the singles charts these days.
Buy the album. Enjoy & treasure it.
Get the blues - By: lifeclearout, 12 Nov 2008 
Some people have got quite wound up about this guy being popular when there are lots of other "real" blues artists who deserve more attention... I'm no expert, but Seasick Steve's music seems fairly authentic & it's a good listen. The spoken introductions are a little annoying after a while, though, (to me, at least). Maybe he'll lead people on to other sorts of blues, which has to be a good thing. And if you like this, can I recommend you give Chris Whitley a try?
loved it - By: Colin, 10 Nov 2008 I will be honest, this popped up on my screen as an "other people have bought this" recommendation from Amazon, & I bought it on the strength of other curstomer reviews & mainly for the title - I really wanted this CD on my shelf.
I have just listened to it for the first time - & you know what? It is excellent, I love it. Strongly recommended.
Not the down dirty boogie I was hoping for, but still good. - By: Anthony Parsons, 04 Nov 2008 
I bought this album like many others I guess, after catching steve on Jools Holland & watching some live performances on youtube.
I was a little dissapointed, now dont get me wrong, I'm not slamming this album, its very good, with some nice songs & polished production values, & therein lies the problem for me, this didnt sound like the stuff I heard elsewhere, its.. sanitized? It doesent seem to have the raw enrgy & refreshing simplicity, there are drums & percussion & backing singers & apart from a couple of exceptions these are mostly laid back gentle tunes. I REALLY found myself hoping the next song would turn out to be a dirty foot stomping down home blues boogie affair, but this never happened. I realise that the whole point to music is the constant evoloution & it never stays the same but it would have been nice if it was a fifty fity split between polished material & the raw stuff.
This is a GOOD album but could have been so much more by putting less into it.
terrible, just terrible .. - By: Niccolo65, 30 Oct 2008 
There's nothing on offerin this album. Absolutely terrible effort. Do yourself a favour & buy a Supersuckers CD instead.
