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'Acquired Taste' - Delbert McClinton

Delbert McClinton
Oct 23, 2009 Updated Oct 23, 2009

The veteran Texan roots musician mixes country, soul, blues and rock to a tried and trusted recipe...

..and the result is well worth a listen.

Reviews Elsewhere:

"Perhaps the record’s best song, it’s a piece of pure soul that sounds as if it could have come from 1960s Muscle Shoals. What’s even more impressive is that McClinton shifts so smoothly into the next track, “Can’t Nobody Say I Didn’t Try”, an effortless honky-tonk number." - Pop Matters

"Maybe it's because he's back in the kitchen with super-producer Don Was, who manned the mixing bowl on his first Grammy winner ("Good Man, Good Woman" with Bonnie Raitt) but not only is McClinton in fine vocal form, his songwriting shows a new depth." - Country Standard Time

Tracks:

1. 'Mama's Little Baby'
2. 'Starting A Rumor'
3. 'Can't Nobody Say I Didn't Try'
4. 'Never Saw It Comin'
5. 'Do It'
6. 'I Need To Know'
7. 'People Just Love To Talk'
8. 'Until Then'
9. 'Willie'
10. 'Wouldn't You Think (Should've Been Here By Now)'
11. 'She's Not There Anymore'
12. 'When She Cries At Night 3:08'
13. 'Cherry Street'
14. 'Out Of My Mind'

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Delbert McClinton (born November 4, 1940) is an American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist. Active as a side-man since 1962 and as a band leader since 1972, he has recorded several major record label albums, and charted singles on the Billboard Hot 100, Mainstream Rock Tracks, and Hot Country Songs charts. His highest-peaking single was...

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