Craig Hughes
Hope It Makes You Happy
b/w All the World’s Women
Channel Nowhere Records
Released: 2009
Craig Hughes is from Glasgow which is not exactly the home of the blues but fortunately he doesn't know that. Armed with a guitar and the devil on his shoulder, he growls through "Hope It Makes You Happy". Laconic and twisted - but in a good way - he berates his lady for wanting a song named after her. That's what we need - none of this angst ridden rubbish but a sinking in of the boot just when it is needed. Damn, you can even sing along to it. Class!
On the flipside - if there were a flipside for it to be on - is the melancholy "All The World's Women". A more conventional blues number, Mr Hughes guitar playing seems more assured here than on "Hope It Makes You Happy" and he successfully manages to make this song sound like it had fallen right out of time itself. Works for me!
A record destined to be on vinyl? Hell, yes.
Bluesbunny
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