NICO DUPORTAL & HIS RHYTHM DUDES - DEALING WITH MY BLUES

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1. Don't You See   2. I Know The Rules   3. Now Hush   4. The One To Blame   5. I Will Unfriend You   6. Mess And Chaos   7. Benzola Ascensor   8. Sometimes   9. Brand New Day   10. Junior's Mambo   11. Soul Patch   12. Long Way To Go   13. Mess And Chaos (acoustic)

Rhythm Bomb Records / RBR 5844

Fact: Nico Duportal is one of the top Rhythm'n'Blues singers and guitar players nowadays, if not just the best.

Fact: His Rhythm Dudes are around the same level than their band leader. Then, also top level worldwide.

With these ingredients, this "Dealing With My Blues" CD released by Rhythm Bomb Records has to be a good record... and a good record it is. But (this time here we have a but) I wonder what would it have been like with much less organ and much more piano, as it was in Nico Duportal & His Rhythm Dudes' previous records, such as in 2015 "Guitar Player", reviewed by yours truly in this very same blog back in May 2015.

It's just a matter of oppinion but for me, in this "Dealing With My Blues", the songs where the organ is less evident or it is substituted straightaway by the piano are the best ones. Take "I Know The Rules", "Long Way To Go" or the acoustic version of "Mess And Chaos", that comes as a bonus track on the CD, as examples.

So, a good record, even a very good record, that would be close to excellence with more piano. By the way, it has been released in CD and LP format.