Jimmy Dawkins at "Mönsterås Blues Festival", Sweden

Jimmy Dawkins in Mönsterås. A good band, Derrick Big Walker & the Blue Souls. Jimmy was in great shape, playing his guitar like possessed. Squeezing and cutting and wailing out his soul through his guitar. Do I need to say I thought it was a great concert. I heard some people though, who didn´t like the show. Listen. You can´t compare Jimmy with other slick blues artists. His music isn´t rehearsed. His solos isn´t well planned and the same every night. Jimmy´s music is all about feelings and intuition. It´s Blues. The real Blues. Not the washed up kind you can hear on the radio. Jimmy is the real deal. Take it or leave it, but don´t criticize it.

Here´s the songs he played:

The band without Jimmy:

Little Eliza Jane

Unknown, an original song which sounded like it could have been made by Luther Allison

Jimmy Dawkins comes in

Instrumental

Me, my guitar and the blues

I ain´t got it

Come back baby

Going down

West Side Blues (Maybe this song, Jimmy´s guitar now was mixed so high I couldn´t hear the words)

Boogie chillen

If you´re ready

Jimmy Dawkins at "Mönsterås Blues Festival" Sweden - May 28, 1999
written by Tommy Jansson
Jimmy Dawkins in Mönsterås. A good band, Derrick Big Walker & the Blue Souls. Jimmy was in great shape, playing his guitar like possessed. Squeezing and cutting and wailing out his soul through his guitar. Do I need to say I thought it was a great concert. I heard some people though, who didn´t like the show. Listen. You can´t compare Jimmy with other slick blues artists. His music isn´t rehearsed. His solos isn´t well planned and the same every night. Jimmy´s music is all about feelings and intuition. It´s Blues. The real Blues. Not the washed up kind you can hear on the radio. Jimmy is the real deal. Take it or leave it, but don´t criticize it. Here´s the songs he played: The band without Jimmy: Little Eliza Jane Unknown, an original song which sounded like it could have been made by Luther Allison Jimmy Dawkins comes in Instrumental Me, my guitar and the blues I ain´t got it Come back baby Going down West Side Blues (Maybe this song, Jimmy´s guitar now was mixed so high I couldn´t hear the words) Boogie chillen If you´re ready
(c) by Tommy Jansson