Name: Break the Ice
Brand: Bullseye Blues
SKU: 19788
Availability: OutOfStock

Break the Ice

Rating

Album: Break the Ice
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Trouble
2)	Break the Ice
3)	You're the One
4)	Have Your Woman Ever Loved You So Good
5)	I Got Everything I Need
6)	Beale Street Boogaloo
7)	Put a Dollar in Your Pocket
8)	Forty Days and Forty Nights
9)	Looking for a Love
10)	I Got Somebody
11)	Crosscut Saw
12)	You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone

Album: Break the Ice
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Trouble
2)	Break the Ice
3)	You're the One
4)	Have Your Woman Ever Loved You So Good
5)	I Got Everything I Need
6)	Beale Street Boogaloo
7)	Put a Dollar in Your Pocket
8)	Forty Days and Forty Nights
9)	Looking for a Love
10)	I Got Somebody
11)	Crosscut Saw
12)	You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone

Performer Notes

Personnel: Preston Shannon (vocals, guitar); Andrew Love (saxophone); Wayne Jackson (trumpet, trombone); Archie Turner (piano); Billy Ross (organ); Claude Franklin (drums); Darby Hicks, Jr., Stephen Hines, Lynn Hines, Rusty McFarland (percussion, background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Jay Sheffield.
Recording information: Crosstown Recorders, Memphis, TN.
Photographers: Karen Pulfer Focht; Terry Manning.
Arrangers: Preston Shannon; Ron Levy; The Memphis Horns.
Memphis guitarist Preston Shannon's debut as a bandleader, Break the Ice is a showcase not only for the singer/guitarist's considerable talents, but for his influences as well. Heavily influenced by the Kings, Albert and B.B., Shannon puts down a blazing version of the former's "Crosscut Saw," as well as covering two songs by Jimmy McCracklin (the songwriter who gave B.B. "The Thrill Is Gone"). Truly one of the strongest talents on the modern day Memphis blues scene, Shannon and his band do much to transcend their influences and add an original sound on the 12 songs collected here. ~ Steve Kurutz

Professional Reviews

Down Beat (11/94, p.66) - 4 Stars - Very Good - "...There's tons of soul in Shannon's raspy, Otis-inspired vocals and a decided B.B. King influence in his guitar playing..."