Black Stone Cherry - Black To Blues, Vol. 2, album review

Heavy and Loud

I'm keeping this simple: I wanted something loud and heavy, any which way, and so this is doing just fine.

It is back to the blues, the roots, but played with the heavy gusto of now. Favourite is the Otis Rush All Your Love (I Miss Loving) that makes me think back to my first hearing from John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. This great song - and the rest - isn't complex, just the repetition of riff and lyrical declaration:

All the loving is loving, all the kissin' is kissing
All the loving is loving, all the kissin' is kissing
Before I met you baby, never knew what I was missing

 

All your love, pretty baby, that I got in store for you
All your love, pretty baby, that I got in store for you
I love you pretty baby, well I say you love me too

 

All your loving, pretty baby, all your loving, pretty baby
All your loving, pretty baby, all your loving, pretty baby
Since I first met you baby, I never knew what I was missing

 

Hey, hey baby, hey, hey baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, baby, oh, oh, baby
Since I first met you baby, never knew what I was missing