{"id":26948,"date":"2025-09-04T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=26948"},"modified":"2025-08-28T17:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:36:07","slug":"robert-kane-blues-is-blues-conquest-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=26948","title":{"rendered":"Robert Kane- \u2018Blues Is Blues\u2019 (Conquest Music)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Life is full of surprises. It seems like just the other day I was reviewing \u2018Damn Right\u2019, the first Dr Feelgood album to contain all original songs, and damn fine it is too. That was an unexpected treat. And in March, I finally got to see the band live, in France, with Robert Kane in his element. Now, after an illustrious career, I\u2019m listening to his debut solo album, \u2018Blues Is Blues\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0The blues can be a tricky one. Simple, yes. Easy, no. I freely admit that, as a young man, I really overdid my blues obsession, and, rhythm and blues aside, don\u2019t listen to that much now. I am, inevitably, a bit of a snob, musically speaking. I like my blues rough, economical and from the heart. Thankfully, this was pretty much Robert\u2019s instruction to the musicians involved in the recording.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, we have 11 songs, mainly originals that he hadn\u2019t previously recorded, but felt that they deserved to be heard. Every track was nailed on the first or second take, predominantly live, and this is partly why they really stand out. Lead single, \u2018Halfway To Memphis\u2019, hits out with some slide guitar and his wailing harmonica, which are also both present on \u2018Heart Attack Baby\u2019. A fine way to start. \u2018Staying Home\u2019 really pares things back, just a lone vocal and a picked guitar melody. Suitably mellow for the subject matter; \u201cLife ain\u2019t easy, but life is good. Gonna stay home and live the way I should\u201d. I hear you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018How Many Times\u2019 uses a refrain you will indeed have heard many times before, but we are dealing with a medium that generally uses three chords, so it shouldn\u2019t be a surprise. What counts is that, when done properly, as here, that\u2019s all you need. \u2018Man Who\u2019s Got The Blues\u2019 broadens the blues palette, with some classy keyboard playing, yet never overplayed. Perfect for a smoky club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Baby, Please Come Home\u2019 is essentially a rewrite of \u2018Baby, Please Don\u2019t Go\u2019, and Robert\u2019s version of \u2018The Ballad Of Staggerlee\u2019 has added some new verses to the blues classic. But, rawest of all is the album closer \u2018Jawbone\u2019. A lone vocal describes the mythical character, which could easily be a lost blues traditional. I\u2019ve always said that Mr Brilleaux was the greatest white rhythm and blues singer ever. After 26 years and counting with Dr Feelgood, it\u2019s clear that Mr Kane is a blues voice to be reckoned with. He is steeped in the music, assured in his place, and it\u2019s a pleasure to hear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Author: Martin Chamarette<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Life is full of surprises. It seems like just the other day I was reviewing \u2018Damn Right\u2019, the first Dr Feelgood album to contain all original songs, and damn fine it is too. That was an unexpected treat. And in March, I finally got to see the band live, in France, with Robert Kane in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[568,8855,8854,1710,1681,1833],"class_list":["post-26948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-dr-feelgood","tag-martin-haslam","tag-robert-kane","tag-rpm-online","tag-rpmnews1","tag-tourlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26950,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26948\/revisions\/26950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}