Deep-fried electric Kentucky boogie, blues, and funk featuring Greg Martin, lead guitarist of the Kentucky HeadHunters!Nine tough, gritty originals and two jams on famous blues standards 'Good Morning Little Schoolgirl' and 'I Ain't Superstitious.'The extremely retro sound of Rufus Huff's self-titled album reaches back to the heyday of blues-rock in the early '70s, particularly British acts in the bluesy hard rock/nearly metal style like Led Zeppelin, Free, and Jeff Beck's early groups. This CD came about nearly 40 years after that heyday, but it sounds very much like it could have been cut way back then, Jarrod England's vocals in particular bearing mucho similarity to Robert Plant at his most macho. Greg Martin of the Kentucky Headhunters is by far the most celebrated of the musicians, playing feisty hard rock guitar and co-producing. The effect is very much like hearing a bar band whose members have really studied the form cold, but happen (unlike many bar bands) to write most of their original material, though this disc does have covers of the old Chicago blues classics 'Good Morning Little School Girl' and 'I Ain't Superstitious.' Does it add anything to the tradition (which was itself a bit of a bastardization of the American blues tradition)' No; it's well-executed but formulaic, and the constant high-octane boasting tone of most of the tunes can grate if this kind of stuff isn't your main dietTRACK LISTING:1. 13 Daze2. High on Heaven Hill3. Run Rufus Run4. El Lago5. Shirley's6. Gotta Have Her Name7. Good Morning Little School Girl8. It's All Right9. The Bottom10. Hain't No Good Life11. I Ain't Superstitious12. Funky JunkAdditional DetailsLabel: ZohoGenre: JazzRelease Date: 05/05/14UPC: 880956090429
