BYTHER SMITH Got No Place To Go

BYRTHER SMITH stands today as one of the most important links to the heady days of mid-50s Chicago blues. “GOT NO PLACE TO GO” presents the man in concert with all his intensity and raw power learned from his years playing with greats such as OTIS RUSH, JUNIOR WELLS, HOWLIN’ WOLF, ROBERT LOCKWOOD and BIG MAMA THORNTON. This FEDORA recording finds him at the very peak of his powers: a fiery spark plug of a man, stepping to the microphone, and in a full, gospeldrenched voice, barking the lyrics to Otis Rush’s Keep On Lovin’ Me Baby like commands then stepping back and discharging a series of clear, surprisingly fat-toned notes from his Stratocaster, turning the dancers into watchers, and the watchers into people standing, whistling, and applauding.