{"id":4870,"date":"2018-03-07T12:12:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T12:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/?p=4870"},"modified":"2018-03-07T12:12:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T12:12:28","slug":"carolyn-wonderland-moon-goes-missing-cd-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2018\/03\/07\/carolyn-wonderland-moon-goes-missing-cd-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolyn Wonderland- Moon Goes Missing- CD review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"moongoesmissing\"<\/a>Written by James Killen<\/p>\n

Ms. Carolyn never strays far from the blues and Moon Goes Missing is another tasteful chapter in that story. This effort includes five compositions by Carolyn on her own, two more that she shares writing credit with someone else and four covers of some fine blues classics. She also included some duets with Ty Taylor and Guy Forsythe and Shelley King kicked in some harmony vocals as well. Of course, Bobby Perkins and Kevin Lance were included as Carolyn\u2019s regular rhythm section.<\/p>\n

The disc kicks off with the title track played as some spooky New Orleans style blues anthem. \u201cOpen Eyes\u201d is a traditional blues number performed with crowd noises near the beginning giving the feel of a smoky barroom gig. Ty Taylor and Carolyn trade vocals on a cleanly produced, \u201cHellfire Bitters\u201d.<\/p>\n

Carolyn reaches way back for the Blind Willie Johnson gospel blues tune, \u201cCan\u2019t Nobody Hide from God\u201d and serves it up with a liberal helping of slide. \u201cSwamp\u201d speaks of being bogged down in life and features a nice harmonica contribution from Guy Forsythe. Guy and Carolyn turn Dylan\u2019s \u201cLeopard Skin Pillbox Hat\u201d into a two way conversational blues number with some stretched out solos that puts the original to shame. She also does a fine eight minute cover of Little Screaming Kenny and the Hightailers, \u201cShe Wants to Know\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Carolynwonderland\"<\/a>Carolyn sings some pretty awesome scat on the socially conscious \u201cTo Be Free\u201d and there is some blues rocking going on with \u201cEvery Time You Go\u201d. She and Ruthie Foster have been performing their co-written, \u201cCome Together\u201d for some years now and this disc finally includes Carolyn\u2019s version of it. Carolyn closes this production with a country blues version of George Thorogood\u2019s \u201cBad to the Bone\u201d accompanied by Guy Forsythe on the resonator.<\/p>\n

This CD is a must for any Carolyn Wonderland fans. Guy Forsyth\u2019s fingerprints are all over it and the two of them push out some fantastic guitar and harmonica blues riffs. I\u2019ll be driving this one around town for a while.<\/p>\n

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Written by James Killen Ms. Carolyn never strays far from the blues and Moon Goes Missing is another tasteful chapter in that story. This effort includes five compositions by Carolyn on her own, two more that she shares writing credit with someone else and four covers of some fine blues classics. She also included some… <\/p>\n

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