Mick Hucknall: Tribute to Bobby
HUCKNALL steps into some serious shoes here, attempting a tribute album to his idol, Bobby Bland, the Tennessee R&B great.
Bland’s silky growl is inimitable and Mick is wise to avoid even the slightest modification of his own voice, but retains something of the magic of I Pity The Fool, Cry, Cry, Cry and I’m Too Far Gone through clever arrangements: brassy, tough but with a modern sheen.
OUR VERDICT: 3/5
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