MEDIUM HYBRID SACD
CONDITION sealed
CD CASE M mint
BOOKLET M mint
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE --
Joe Beard - guitar, vocals
Rod Carey - bass
Per Hanson - drums
Bruce Katz - hammond organ, piano
Jerry Portnoy - harmonica
Duke Robillard - guitar
drinking old taylor - 3:00
don't start me talking - 3:26
it's up to you - 4:44
see see rider - 3:35
dirty ground hog - 2:14
reap what you sow - 3:30
elem - 8:14
who's using who - 3:05
the things i used to do - 4:35
if that's what pleases her - 3:18
she's wonderful - 8:02
37 years old - 2:54
airplane blues - 3:07
Joe Beard's first release for AQM, Blues Union featuring Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, was one of the biggest blues surprises of 1996
New Orleans' influential Offbeat Magazine named it the "Blues Album of the Year"
Critics worldwide were overwhelmed by this Mississippi born bluesman and former neighbor and playing partner of the great Son House
In reality, blues greats such as Ronnie Earl and Duke Robillard have been singing Beard's praises for many years
And both jumped at the chance to record with Joe
For Real finds Joe Beard fronting a blues dream team consisting of the great guitar stylist Robillard (fresh from sessions for Dylan's latest masterpiece) along with Bruce Katz, Per Hanson and Rod Carey - better known as Ronnie Earl's crack band "The Broadcasters" until a few months ago
Jerry Portnoy, known for his awesome harp work with Muddy Waters and Eric Clapton, joins in on four of the tracks
For Real is a potent combination of Beard originals and homages to Joe's main men, Lightning Hopkins and John Lee Hooker
Listen ... Joe Beard is For Real!
This is a pure analog recording
The tracks were recorded live direct to two-track
RECORDING November 2 – 3 1997
ENGINEERING Michael C. Ross
LABEL AudioQuest
RE MASTERING Bernie Grundman
RE RELEASED March 2014
AVERAGE RATING 4 Stars out of 5
MADE IN USA
STYLE Blues / Modern Electric Blues
AVAILABLE as long as inventory stock
