[Slowhand] Jack O The Green

[DeltaNick]

Here's an album that's not readily available outside of the UK or Europe. EC
is featured playing guitar (not bad) on two tracks, backing Solomon Burke.
Burke was an R&B artist before Motown and Stax, when R&B was earthier and
rocked. Some folks called him "The King of Soul," before "soul" became an
overused and meaningless term after the overproduced, wind-up Motown (miss a
dance step and you get fined) assembly line went into operation in the
mid-1960s. A couple of other "interesting" artists are featured as well:
Buddy Guy, Smokey Robinson, and Ringo Starr. Although Michael Jackson does
not make an appearance, Ron Wood does. However, you can always skip track
19.

Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, “Jack O The Green: Small World
Big Band Friends 3" (Radar, Warner Music UK Ltd., distributed in the UK by
The Entertainment Network [RADAR001CD], 17 November 2003, UK)
 1. She Suits Me To A Tee (Buddy Guy) - Buddy Guy.
 2. Misfit (Holland) - Terri Walker.
 3. You Really Got A Hold On Me (William Robinson, Jr.) - Smokey Robinson.
 4. I Think It's Going To Rain Today (Randy Newman) - David Gray.
 5. Message To My Son (Holland/Burke/Clapton) - Solomon Burke & Eric
Clapton.
 6. Just To Be Home With You (Holland) - Shane McGowan.
 7. Play It Sam (Earle /Holland) - Steve Earle.
 8. Kiss Of Love (Holland/Brown) - Nick Cave & Sam Brown.
 9. I Told The Truth (Holland/Brown) - Paul Rodgers.
 10. Please Can I Talk (J. Holland/C. Holland/R. Holland) - Sugababes.
 11. Boys (Luther Dixon/Wes Farrell) - Ringo Starr.
 12. When I Get Home (Holland /Turner/Difford) - Ruby Turner.
 13. Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think) (Carl Sigman/Herbert
Magidson) - Prince Buster.
 14. Sweet If You Like (Music by Jools Holland; poem by Francis Davison) -
Eliza Carthy.
 15. Cry Myself To Sleep (Holland/McDonald) - Michael McDonald Featuring
Candy Dulfer.
 16. Shutting The Doors (Kirsty MacColl/Alan Lee Shaw) - Kirsty MacColl.
 17. Washing Of The Water (Peter Gabriel) - Peter Gabriel.
 18. Jack O The Green (Holland/Suggs) - Suggs.
 19. Ooh La La (Wood/Lane) - Ronnie Wood.
 20. Mabel (Holland/Burke/Clapton) - Solomon Burke & Eric Clapton.
 21. I'll Be Seeing You (Sammy Fain/Irvin Kahal) - Jimmy Scott.

It's a pretty good album, and better, I think, than the first Jools Holland,
"Small World Big Band," which also featured EC (but no Ron Wood). This one
has lots of good recordings and performances. I don't go much for "big"
bands, but Jools Holland does it about right. And he's a good pianist.

Sample a few of the albums tracks:
http://www.joolsholland.com/smallworld3.htm. And you can read Jools
Holland's notes: http://www.joolsholland.com/smallworld3notes.htm.

For those outside of the UK interested, it can be ordered from
www.amazon.co.uk.

                DeltaNick