Play The Blues With Feeling (2004)

Engelse bluesgitarist. Opvolger van het in 2003 verschenen "Ice Cream" met dezelfde sterke ritmesectie Marion Dolton (bas) en Michael Wiedrich (drums). "Nine of the ten songs are original, the only cover being a version of Son Houses Black Mama, one of two solo live tracks (the other being One-Man Band Rag where Eddie plays finger picked guitar while blowing harp and playing foot percussion). The other eight cuts range from the Elmore-ish slowies Selfish Guy and Play The Blues With Feeling to the organ and riffing horn section backed, B.B. King style Bubble Blues. Tell Me Why is a swinging West Coast shuffle; Barbed Wire inhabits slightly rockier territory and the set closes with another trio instrumental, Bone Shaker. Martin has without a doubt to be ranked up among the top half dozen UK bluesplayers around. His fans will be lining up to hand over their money for this set. Blues and Rhythm, 2005, Phil Wight