I Started Out With Nothin' and I Still Got Most of It Left

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
The most unlikely of stars, sixty-something Seasick Steve Wold might have started out with nothin', but these days he can headline the Royal Albert Hall. The second solo album from the much travelled bluesman (and, let's not forget, studio owner--he didn't suddenly step off a boxcar with a demo tape in hand--refines the sound that made 2006's Dog House Music so instantly appealing. Guests include Ruby Turner, KT Tunstall (playing rather than singing) and Nick Cave and Grinderman--Cave and Steve duet on their collaboration "Just Like a King". The title track, "Started out With Nothin'", is as catchy as it is wise, "One True" laments Steve's late dog ("my one true friend", of course) and the catchy full-band "Happy Man", featuring Turner and Tunstall is as near as Seasick gets to offering a single. Without the visual impact of seeing an elderly man tell travel stories in between torturing a three string guitar while kicking a wooden box, I Started out With Nothin' and I Still Got Most of It Left can only offer a simulacrum of his live show, but his crude appeal remains obvious even as his sound gets smoother. --Steve Jelbert

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-11-20 rating:
Seasick Steve - The man, the hat, the beard and the music.
I first saw / heard Seasick Steve (Steve Wold) on Jools Holland's 'Later' TV show on the BBC a couple of years ago. I wasn't quite sure what to expect when he appeared on my TV screen. He looked more like a busker than a star in the making, but by the time he had finished his song, I was a fan, along with thousands of others who saw him that night. In short, he blew us all away. He was on the show again recently in order to publicise this new album and guess what, he blew us away again! The star performer.

This album is probably the result of Steve's first appearance on Jools' show and it would seem that Mr Holland has to some degree provided a guiding hand or least support, in it's making...the presence of Ruby Turner (A regular performer with Jools' band) on the track 'Happy Man', being one example.

Any fan of Steve will love the album. It's classic Steve from start to finish and will have you foot stomping and finger tapping as the maestro does what he does best. The slower, more reflective tracks are excellent as well and provide a good contrast with the livelier numbers. All of them come from a man who has clearly lived a full and eventful life, acquiring a collection of tales and some wisdom along the way.

To be honest, I didn't realise just how good Steve was until I listend to this album. In an ocean of musical mediocrity, thank goodness that people like Seasick Steve have deployed the lifeboats and invited the rest of us to come aboard to escape the boring banality of what lurks in the singles charts these days.

Buy the album. Enjoy and treasure it.

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review by: date: 2008-11-12 rating:
Get the blues
Some people have got quite wound up about this guy being popular when there are lots of other "real" blues artists who deserve more attention... I'm no expert, but Seasick Steve's music seems fairly authentic and it's a good listen. The spoken introductions are a little annoying after a while, though, (to me, at least). Maybe he'll lead people on to other sorts of blues, which has to be a good thing. And if you like this, can I recommend you give Chris Whitley a try?

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review by: date: 2008-11-10 rating:
loved it
I will be honest, this popped up on my screen as an "other people have bought this" recommendation from Amazon, and I bought it on the strength of other curstomer reviews and mainly for the title - I really wanted this CD on my shelf.
I have just listened to it for the first time - and you know what? It is excellent, I love it. Strongly recommended.

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review by: judge fatboy date: 2008-11-04 rating:
Not the down dirty boogie I was hoping for, but still good.
I bought this album like many others I guess, after catching steve on Jools Holland and watching some live performances on youtube.
I was a little dissapointed, now dont get me wrong, I'm not slamming this album, its very good, with some nice songs and polished production values, and therein lies the problem for me, this didnt sound like the stuff I heard elsewhere, its.. sanitized? It doesent seem to have the raw enrgy and refreshing simplicity, there are drums and percussion and backing singers and apart from a couple of exceptions these are mostly laid back gentle tunes. I REALLY found myself hoping the next song would turn out to be a dirty foot stomping down home blues boogie affair, but this never happened. I realise that the whole point to music is the constant evoloution and it never stays the same but it would have been nice if it was a fifty fity split between polished material and the raw stuff.
This is a GOOD album but could have been so much more by putting less into it.


review by: date: 2008-10-30 rating:
terrible, just terrible ..
There's nothing on offer in this album. Absolutely terrible effort. Do yourself a favour and buy a Supersuckers CD instead.

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