Live at the Basement

Jon Lord with The Hoochie Coochie Men

℗ 2003

Название альбома, как нередко случается, не совсем адекватно звонкому содержанию. Первое, что приходит на ум при виде: Кайф! Вот оно - клубное выступление клавишника Deep Purple, два диска его дивного Хаммонда «в блюзовых тонах» и всё такое! Действительно диски заполнены блюзом – блюзом старой доброй группы The Hoochie Coochie Men, с которой Джон сотрудничает, играя соло лишь в части номеров. Нет, его участие вполне достаточно на уровне «один из членов группы», но альбом – отнюдь не сольник Лорда. Не могу умолчать о неважном певце.

Что касается собственно блюза, то он вполне комфортен, по-британски несколько сдержан и весьма умело сыгран, хотя градус эмоциональности альбома мог бы быть и повыше. Это особенно заметно, когда на втором диске принимается петь в трёх вещах настоящий и отменный вокалист (special guest) – Jimmy Barnes.

1. Introduction [02:04]
2. Hideaway (J. Fogerty) [03:08]
3. Lonesome Traveller Blues [03:30]
4. Blues with a Feeling [06:20]
5. You Got Good Business [06:51]
6. Green Onions [07:49]
7. 24/7 Blues [05:05]
8. Baby Please Don't Go [03:59]
9. The Money Doesn't Matter [03:12]
10. Strange Brew (Eric Clapton — Gail Collins — Felix Pappalardi) [03:38]
11. Dallas [04:39]
12. I Just Wanna Make Love to You [05:52]
13. You Need Love [05:52]
14. The Hoochie Coochie Man [08:21]
15. New Old Lady Blues [04:21]
16. Who's Been Talkin' [07:08]
17. Six Strings Down [05:44]
18. Dust My Broom [05:19]
19. Back at the Chicken Shack [09:26]
20. When a Blindman Cries [06:48]
21. 12 Bar Blow Jam [06:24]
22. When a Blind Man Cries [single edit] [05:45]
23. Jon Lord Interview by Phillip Kafcaloudes [05:29]
24. Jon Lord Interview by Derek Guille [05:00]
25. Green Onions (Melbourne Rehearsal) [07:00]
26. Chicken Shack [first hoochie coochie men gig in melbourne] [07:29]
27. 24/7 [live at fat tv] [04:11]
28. Who's Been Talkin' [live at fat tv] [06:46]
29. If This Ain't the Blues [demo] [06:37]
30. The Hoochie Coochie Men [demo] [04:36]

Участие в альбоме:

Jimmy Barnes: vocals

Тексты и видео:

Hideaway

(J. Fogerty)

Howdy, friend, beggin' your pardon,
Is there somethin' on your mind?
You've gone and sold all your belongings,
Is that something in your eye?
Well, I know you really never
Liked the way it all goes down;
Go on, Hideaway.

What's that you say?
We're all bound for the graveyard;
Oooh, I wish you well.
Think it's gonna rain,
Oh, what's the diff'rence,
Is there some way I can help?

'Cause you know, I'm gonna miss you
When you're gone, oh, Lord,
Wish I Could Hideaway

Hold on, give yourself a chance,
I can hear the leavin' train.

All aboard! Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye!
Oooh, I wish you well.
See you soon, maybe tomorrow.
You can never tell;

'Cause you know, I'm gonna miss you
When you're gone, oh,
Wish I could Hideaway

Hideaway, hideaway, hideaway, hideaway.
Hideaway, hideaway,
Hideaway, hideaway.

Strange Brew

(Eric Clapton — Gail Collins — Felix Pappalardi)

Strange brew — killin' what's inside of you.

She's a witch of trouble in electric blue.
In her own mad mind she's in love with you,
With you.
Now what you gonna do?
Strange brew - killin' what's inside of you.

She's some kind of demon messin' in the flue.
If you don't watch out it'll stick to you,
To you.
What kind of fool are you?
Strange brew - killin' what's inside of you.

On a boat in the middle of a raging sea,
She would make a scene for it all to be
Ignored.
And wouldn't you be bored?
Strange brew - killin' what's inside of you.

Strange brew, strange brew, strange brew, strange brew.
Strange brew - killin' what's inside of you.