★★★★★
Sometimes you can get all the notes right but still lack something. Boston native Bob Margolin is a guitarist and singer who's been around for ages, releasing records as far back as 1967's Peak Impressions with Boston psych-rock band Freeborne. In 1973 he was backing Muddy Waters and appeared with him in Martin Scorcese's film The Last Waltz. This guy has serious pedigree, in other words. He's got chops...
- www.popmatters.com
2012-06-14
★★★★★
Not many people can say they were a sideman with Muddy Waters, except a veteran like Bob Margolin. He cut his blues teeth and fine-tuned his skills while playing alongside Waters for many years. Just like his mentor, his name has become synonymous with blues. When I took the CD off the tray of All-Star Blues Jam and looked at the picture of Bob, I thought that I was looking at Peter Green, another old blues player. There really is striking resemblance in that photo...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Track Listing: Brutal-Hearted Woman; Sweet Black Angel; One Day You Personnel: Bob Margolin, Hubert Sumlin Style: Straightahead/Mainstream One beauty of the blues is that its masters may get together with no practice and produce fabulous music. That is what occurs on The Bob Margolin All Star Blues Jam, where the leader assembles what is left of the Chicago Blues 1950s heyday for a bit of a trip down memory lane...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2009-06-05
★★★★★
Bob Margolin likes playing blues (and did so as Muddy Waters' longtime guitarist); he has a very attractive baritone voice, notable on a final track here which is just reminiscence of a 1960sand continuing blues revivalist's life on the road; and always sings in a key comfortable for his voice, which denies him some distinction as would-be blues singer. John Lee Hooker sang at a very low pitch, so did Lightnin' Hopkins, but they had very, very deep, almost contrabass, voices. They usually ...
- www.popmatters.com
2009-03-21
★★★★★
Former Muddy Waters sideman and current Blues Revue magazine columnist Bob Margolin brings his encyclopedic knowledge of blues and chops galore with him on this, his third album for Alligator. Ten of the 14 selections are penned by Margolin, with selected covers of material from Bobby Charles, Grady Jackson, Snooky Pryor and Gladys Knight and the Pips rounding out the mix...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Bob Margolin continues to pay homage to Muddy Waters with each record he cuts and this debut for Blind Pig is no exception. His slide playing is Waters to a tee while his songwriting chops stay firmly in the mold of what Waters himself would come up with, albeit less inspired...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
The title says it all -- The Old School adheres to postwar Chicago blues, with a couple of Delta or New Orleans tracks thrown in for good measure. To his credit, Bob Margolin does delve deep into the catalogs of Robert Johnson, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, and Percy Mayfield, among others, digging out songs that haven't been covered as frequently as others...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin really comes into his own with My Blues and My Guitar, his second album for Alligator Records. He still pays homage to his mentor, Muddy Waters, not only through covers but simply through his driving musical style. He blends the familiar ("Rip It Up," "Going Home," "The Same Thing") with unpredictable ("See Me in the Evening," "Drip Drop," "Peace of Mind") in his choice of covers, and he has written a set of originals that are sturdy and memorable...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
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