Fulsom, Lowell – In a Heavy Bag – Used CD

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Lowell Fulson (using "Fulsom" here), born from parents of Choctaw and African American descent, raised on the reservation in Oklahoma, born in 1921 and backed with decades of influencial and ground-breaking recordings behind him at this point, offered up this kick set from 1970,  just before turning 50, teaching the young folks how it's done, Fulson and the band jumping into the rip roaring, slinking like a king snake into the others, rollercoasting between tempos, coming at it with loads of grip and grit...for fans of blues of course but also for anybody with rock n roll pumping through their veins.  So much is said about Elvis' comeback around this time, but Fulson was coming back at it all the time. DJs might say this LP didn't become an FM rock radio staple because it was blues, but that's just bullshit because so many rock albums from this era were blues-based.  This era created so many "classic" rock albums, some good and others fairly flat and overrated; this stands next to the former and towers above the latter.  -- winch