Beware of the Dog was Hound Dog Taylor's posthumous live album containing performances that are even steamier than his first two studio albums, if such a notion is possible. For lowdown slow lues, it's hard to beat the heartfelt closer "Freddie's Blues," and for surreal moments on wax, it's equally hard to beat the funkhouse-turned-loony bin dementia of "Let's Get Funky" or the hopped up hillbilly fever rendition of "Comin' Around the Mountain."
Been getting into playing Blues records on saturday morning. Hound Dog Taylor has always been one of my favorites. Bruce Iglauer started a record company....Alligator Records just to record him. I am so glad he did. I have always been fond of the Elmore James style of playing. Its a shame nothing from the period before Alligator has ever surfacedMore >