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Big Joe Maher & Jeff Sarli with Big Blue - Mojo (1994) [Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Early R&B]; FLAC (image+.cue)

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Big Joe Maher & Jeff Sarli with Big Blue - Mojo (1994) [Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Early R&B]; FLAC (image+.cue)

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Artist: Big Joe Maher & Jeff Sarli with Big Blue
Album: Mojo
Genre: Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Early R&B
Label: Mapleshade Records
Released: 1994
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue)
Tracklist:
  1. Got My Mojo Workin'
  2. Who Will The Next Fool Be?
  3. Heartbreaker
  4. In The Dark
  5. Vodka On The Rocks
  6. Hard Livin' Alone
  7. When Did You Leave Heaven?
  8. Ponytail
  9. Trouble In Mind
  10. Wings 'N Things
  11. I Dare You, Baby
  12. Goodbye, Baby

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    Personnel:
  • Joe Maher - vocals, drums
  • Jeff Sarli - upright bass
  • Rusty Bogart - electric guitar
  • Bob Willoughby - piano
  • Phil Stancil - B-3 organ, piano
  • Chris Watling - bari sax
  • Jerry Queene - tenor sax

WHADAYA KNOW? Big Joe in slo-mo. Big Joe Maher, that is. On his new release, Mojo, the area drummer best known for leading the Dynaflows and shouting out electric blues and jump tunes takes a decidedly more relaxed view of the blues. Listening to the opening (and title) track for a few seconds is all it takes to confirm that this session's atmosphere and pacing has more to do with Percy Mayfield's laconic balladry than Big Joe Turner's barroom barking.

As it turns out, songs by both Mayfield and Turner are on the album, along with tunes by Charlie Rich, Ray Charles and Floyd Dixon, and in each case Maher handles them in an easy, soulful stride. T-Bone Walker's riff-based Ponytail and the Duke Ellington sax-and-organ-powered instrumental Wings ïN Things help enliven things, but some of the album's best moments come when the mood is mellow, the music spare and Maher is quietly tending to his battered heart on Rich's Who Will The Next Fool Be? and Walker's In The Dark.

Bassist and producer Jeff Sarli is responsible for the album's uncluttered, understated charm. (Maher's longtime rhythm section partner Sarli conceived the project and enjoys costar status.) Sarli has assembled a strong cast that includes keyboardists Bob Willoughby and Phil Stancil, guitarist Rusty Bogard and saxophonists Chris Watling and Jerry Queene.
Review by Mike Joyce

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