Jon Lord & Hoochie Coochie Men - Live At The Basement
Jon Lord of the legendary seventies hard rock outfit ‘Deep Purple’ travels to an iconic Australian club and delves into the blues. Lord is one of the great rock keyboardists and this disc is terrific in that it brings you an outstanding Lord gig live in a famous Sydney club. He is backed by a first class band comprising of some top shelf veterans of the Australian music scene. He performs crack arrangements of classics like ‘Strange Brew’, ‘I Just Want to Make Love to You’ and ‘Green Onions’. The only let down is the guest vocals by Jimmy Barnes on a couple of tracks - Jimmy may be an icon of the Australian pub rock scene, but in my view his vocal style does not suit the blues Lord is presenting with the Hoochie Coochie Men - otherwise this album would get a five star rating from me.
