Bear's Sonic Journals: You're Doin' Fine | ||||
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Released | November 22, 2024 | |||
Recorded | June 2 – 3, 1973 | |||
Venue | The Boarding House | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 195:55 | |||
Label | Owsley Stanley Foundation | |||
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Bear's Sonic Journals: You're Doin' Fine is a three-CD live album by John Hammond. It was recorded on June 2 and 3, 1973, at the Boarding House in San Francisco. It was released on November 22, 2024. [1]
Subtitled Blues at the Boarding House, the album features Hammond performing solo, singing and playing acoustic guitar and harmonica. It was recorded by audio engineer and LSD chemist Owsley "Bear" Stanley. It includes a 60-page booklet of essays, photos, and illustrations.
On Americana Highways, Bill Bentley wrote, "This collection of live recordings from San Francisco’s Boarding House done over two nights in 1973 are about as pure as music gets, and also beautifully presented.... John Hammond's vocals, guitar and harmonica are delivered with a blend of pure power and fine finesse like he's creating a genre all his own." [2]
Also on Americana Highways, John Apice said, "This is a wonderfully designed CD package with reinforced binding & perfect bound liner notes. There are photographs & detailed credits.... In a word, the show is spare but delivered with the charcoal-voiced delicacy of Hammond. This is the way the blues was intended – no showboating, no fireworks, just layering on the levels of bluesy guitar notes on his resonator guitar." [3]
On Rock & Blues Muse, Hal Horowitz wrote, "It’s a wonderful listen, not just for riveting performances... but because Stanley captures the sound from the small 150 capacity venue with such clarity, it seems like Hammond is in the room with us.... You're Doin' Fine is a near perfect package highlighted by Hammond's exhaustive, energized and, well, encyclopedic approach to music that never feels dated or stale, especially in the hands of a master like him." [4]
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