Blues Helping

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Love Sculpture were a Welsh blues-rock band of the late 1960s, led by Dave Edmunds, plus bassist John Williams (stage name John David) and drummer Rob ‘Congo’ Jones. Blues Helping was their first album. Love Sculpture formed in Cardiff in 1966 out of the remnants of another local band called The Human Beans, and disbanded in 1970, although Edmunds went on to enjoy solo success in the 1970s. The band itself was essentially a showpiece for Edmunds’ considerable technical ability on the guitar. Love Sculpture mostly performed blues standards, slightly revved-up, but still largely reverent to the originals, releasing their debut album, Blues Helping with such songs as “Summertime”, “Wang Dang Doodle” etc. Professional reviews: allmusic 4.5/5 stars About.com 3.5/5 stars Review by John Dougan of allmusic: As hyperkinetic blues albums by white English kids go, this is a good one. Dave Edmunds, armed only with a 1959 Gibson 335 and a 100-watt Marshall stack, cranks through these recognizable blues covers (with one original instrumental) with reckless abandon and gobs of technique. Backup support is handled by bassist John Williams and drummer Bob “Congo” Jones, who do their best to keep up and provide a rhythmic foundation for Edmunds to wail over. Edmunds also handled nearly all the vocals, and as blues singers go, he’s merely serviceable, but what makes this album worthwhile is the revved-up guitar playing, especially when Edmunds shreds both Freddy King’s “The Stumble” and Will

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