Mem Shannon, A Cab Driver's Blues - 45m 7s

Tracks & Durations

1. My Baby's been Watching TV	4:09
2. Taxicab Driver	4:46
3. Me and my Bed	3:52
4. Play the Guitar, Son	4:10
5. You ain't nothin' nice	2:22
6. One hot night	3:30
7. The boogie man	4:51
8. Maxine	4:30
9. Got to go	4:26
10. If this ain't the blues	5:37
11. Ode to Benny Hill	1:20
12. $ 17.00 Brunette	1:27

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Review

Shannon really was a New Orleans cabbie when this CD was made, and his concept of interspersing conversational snippets from some of his fares between his autobiographical blues vignettes is inspired. Fortunately, he also has the talent to take it beyond novelty status. Combining unhurried guitar picking with a burly, dialectically southern voice that's just right for his beleaguered everyman persona, Shannon's abiding strength is his funny, incisive compositions. His lyrics carry the gift of gab, from the woman who "bought Cadillac hubcaps for earrings/and a dress lit up like a Christmas tree" on "My Baby's Been Watching TV," to the conversational father-son rapport that resonates through "Play the Guitar Son." Shannon's offhand poetry deepens what would otherwise be a competent arsenal of blues skills. He's the sort of character who drives around with the weight of the world on his shoulders that he can temporarily get rid of with a single shrug. --Britt Robson

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A Cab Driver's Blues

Tracks: 18 (+6 tracks), Disk length: 54m 28s (+9m 21s)

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