Name: Wake Up Call
Brand: Silvertone Records (USA)
SKU: 25931
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Performer Notes

John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers: John Mayall (vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards); Coco Montoya (guitar, background vocals); Rick Cortes (bass, background vocals); Joe Yuele (drums, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Mavis Staples (vocals); Buddy Guy (guitar, vocals); David Grissom (guitar, background vocals); Mick Taylor, Albert Collins (guitar); Joe Sublett (saxophone); Darrell Leonard (trumpet); Tom Canning (Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano); Dave McNair, Mike Bruno (percussion); Maggie Mayall (background vocals).
Recorded at The Clubhouse, Burbank, California between October 19th and November 10th, 1992.
Personnel: John Mayall (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, Wurlitzer organ); Buddy Guy (vocals, guitar); Mavis Staples (vocals); Coco Montoya, David Grissom, Albert Collins, Mick Taylor (guitar); Joe Sublett (saxophone); Darrell Leonard (trumpet); Tom Canning (Wurlitzer organ); Rick Cortes (bass guitar, background vocals); Joe Yuele (drums); Dave McNair, Michael Bruno (percussion); Maggie Mayall (background vocals).
Recording information: Clubhouse, Burbank, CA (10/19/1992-11/10/1992).
Photographer: Richard McLaurin.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Dave McNair; John Gabrysiak; John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers .
Arranger: John Mayall.
Fuelled by Coco Montoya's searing but economical string-slashing, drummer Joe Yuele, and bassist Rick Cortes, John Mayall has managed to keep a stable core of Bluesbreakers together in recent years. Mayall rarely does the same album twice, and Wake Up Call finds him returning to a basic, physical sound after 1990's more progressive/highly produced A Sense of Place. The harp whiz has rarely flirted with the pop charts over the decades, a track record that will likely handicap the title track - a potential hit featuring guest vocalist Mavis Staples and some take-charge riffing from former mate Mick Taylor. For pure guitar joy though, Montoya turns the trick all on his own with barnburners "Loaded Dice" and "Nature's Disappearing." ~ Roch Parisien

Professional Reviews

Q (5/93, p.96) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...[Mayall] carries himself with the insouciant demeanour of the old timer....judging by the zesty standards of this Bluesbreakers line-up, he can still spot talent..."

Down Beat (7/93, p.35) - 4 Stars - Very Good - "...contains some highly charged boogies, swinging blues-rock shuffles, a couple of lyrical, mid-tempo soul gems, and the show-stopping slow-blues crawl through Junior Wells' 'I Could Cry'..."

Album: Wake Up Call
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Mail Order Mystics
2)	Maydell
3)	I Could Cry
4)	Wake-Up Call
5)	Loaded Dice
6)	Undercover Agent for the Blues
7)	Light the Fuse
8)	Anything I Can Say
9)	Nature's Disappearing
10)	I'm a Sucker for Love
11)	Not at Home
12)	Ain't That Lovin' You Baby

Album: Wake Up Call
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Mail Order Mystics
2)	Maydell
3)	I Could Cry
4)	Wake-Up Call
5)	Loaded Dice
6)	Undercover Agent for the Blues
7)	Light the Fuse
8)	Anything I Can Say
9)	Nature's Disappearing
10)	I'm a Sucker for Love
11)	Not at Home
12)	Ain't That Lovin' You Baby