Track Listing

1. Lightnin' Boogie
2. Come On
3. Positively 4th Street
4. If You Think I've Lost You
5. I Feel So Good
6. Tayna
7. Me and My Chauffeur Blues
8. Come Play With Me
9. Can't Afford to Do It
10. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
11. Guitar Rumba
12. Leading Brand
13. Gone Blind

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #83222 in Music
• Released on: 2000-11-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Amazon.com
Listening to this CD, which consists of outtakes from older recording sessions, back to back with Love Comin' Down, released the same year, highlights exactly how far Sue Foley has come over the course of her career. Back to the Blues consists of material recorded during sessions for Young Girl Blues (released in 1992) and Without a Warning (released in 1993). Since then, Foley's changed labels and grown much more confident. While this collection includes good stuff, and contains the same potential as the two albums, neither Foley's guitar work nor her singing is nearly as polished as it would one day become. Even so, there are some high points here, such as her cover of Bob Dylan's "Positively 4th Street," the original "Come Play with Me," which is practically a country tune, and "Gone Blind," which closes the album on a traditional blues note. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews

my favorite Sue Foley album
I know it doesn't make much sense that my favorite Sue Foley CD should be a collection of outtakes from her 1st two albums, but
it sure is. Her cover of Dylan's "Positively 4th Street" is magnificent.

Good Talent and a fine voice but not Blues.
Sue is a very talented artist, her voice is sweet and clear, but I am a old hardcore Blues and Jazz guy,
Real Blues, so if you enjoy good music then buy Sue, she is worth having in your collection but she is not Blues, I have a hard time considering Dylan Blues, It's rock with some Blues in it,
She is very talented don't get me wrong. maybe hopping jazz is a better title,
But a 5 for her because this woman can sing.

Au contraire Genevieve, this is Prime Sue!
As a fan of Foley's since 1990, I am often puzzled by people who say they prefer her sometimes too slick work since leaving Antone's. This cd of hidden gems is dynamite stuff. For vocals check out the deep blues of "Gone Blind" with guest Kim Wilson and the rocking "Come On." As for instrumentals, Sue always amazes and her taste is first rate in covering a pair by Earl Hooker. Backed by her great road band at the time, Sue is in top form. Long-time fans will find this one a must, and initiates will receive a fitting introduction to a superb young talent. Oh, and she is simply a knockout on stage-- so catch her when she is near your town.