Back in 20

Back in 20 Artist: Gary U. S Bonds
Label: M.C. Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 607735005227
EAN: 0607735005227
ASIN: B000255JRM


Release Date: 2004-06-01

Back in 20


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Tracks:

  1. Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks - Bruce Springsteen
  2. Murder In The First Degree
  3. Take Me Back
  4. She Just Wants To Dance
  5. Fannie Mae
  6. Bitch/Dumb Ass - Phoebe Snow
  7. I've Got Dreams To Remember
  8. Nothing But Blue
  9. She Chose To Be My Lady
  10. Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
  11. Every Time I Roll The Dice
  12. Don't Do It Here

Similar Items:

  1. Dedication/On the Line
  2. The Very Best of Gary "U.S." Bonds: The Original Legrand Masters
  3. Men Without Women/Voice of America
  4. Blues with a Vengeance
  5. INTO THE HARBOUR

Amazon.com

Gary U.S. Bonds's early 1960s hit, "Quarter to Three," can stake a claim to being <I>the</I> party record. Name-checking colorful cohorts like "Daddy G" and the "Church Street Five," Bonds helped lay the groundwork for the neighborhood characters found in the street-corner symphonies of artists like Lou Reed and Bruce Springsteen. On <I>Back in 20</I>, the quintessential bar-band rocker still sounds thoroughly comfortable with his role as roadhouse master-of-ceremonies. After a two-decade absence from the recording scene, Bonds and his own band of veterans romp through a bunch of classic "tunes-to-imbibe-tequila-to." They give a fresh feel to well-worn standards like "Fannie Mae," but originals like "She Chose to Be My Baby" and "Too Much Too Little Too Late" do more than just fit in--they have a chance to become barroom standards themselves. Springsteen, Dickey Betts, Southside Johnny, and Phoebe Snow make appearances, but remain mere guests at Bonds's party. <I>--Michael Ross</I>

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Where are his hits?.......2007-01-03

A great live album but where are his hits from the 50's -- School Is Out, Quarter To Three, Dear Lady Twist? Even though blues is the theme of this CD, you'd think the producer of the performance would sneak in the hits as an encore. Still a great raspy voice that can belt out any lyric emotionally, Gary US Bonds is a classic performer.

4 out of 5 stars Great comeback at least 20 years to late.......2006-04-27

The title Back in Twenty is an artist making fun of his own career. Although Gary "US" Bonds hasn't been gone for twenty years, he released an excellent live album few years back, this is the first studio effort since the Springsteen endorsed albums of the eighties. Springsteen was not involved in the production of this album aside from him playing guitar and singing background on the opening track. The album is an exiting event nonetheless.

Like the opening track You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks warns us, nothing new is to be expected. The record even sounds more of a straightforward R&B effort than his legendary Legrand singles. This doesn't stop Bonds one minute. The record sounds exciting and joyous. Gary is committed to the music and his voice is in very good shape. It even gained some grit over the years. The new grainy voice suits tracks like Bitch/Dumb Ass with Phoebe Snow and Every Time I Roll the Dice, to a tee. When Gary tackles Otis Redding's Dreams to Remember we are once again reminded that he was one of R&R great unfulfilled promises.

5 out of 5 stars Gary U.S. Bonds sounding like Wilson Pickett - ALL GOOD!.......2004-08-03

If you just got this album for the song "Fannie Mae" it would be worth it.... it should get nominated for a Grammy as the "kick-ass party soul song of the year"...seriously! Bonds sound a lot like Wilson Pickett circa 1968 on this album which is danged fine thing to sould like. It sounds like it was recorded live with everyone playing at once. You don't get this sort of down-home soul sound with spankin clean digital recording. Got to get dirty and sweaty to sound this good. I got this album because I just got around to watching the Blues Bros. 2000 movie, which isn't very good, but worth watching just to see the musicians and hear the music. Bonds is in the final Battle of the Bands scene and takes a fine solo vocal. I hope this album finds an audience because it deserves to be heard...and danced to.

5 out of 5 stars BACK IN 20 - Worth The Wait !!.......2004-06-28

A great CD by the ledgendary US Bonds. Catches the energy as felt in the live shows and is a definite show case for his party sounds, now with a touch of the blues. Get this CD and see him the next time he's in town.

5 out of 5 stars

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