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...songs themselves are fantastic. The first high spot is an absolutely perfect version of Floyd Dixon's "Hey Bartender." Belushi snarls, "Hey bartender, hey man, lookie here/Draw one, draw two, draw three, four glasses of beer," as the horn section, arranged by James Brown alum Tom Malone, blasts away behind him. Aykroyd has one of his better harmonica solos, followed by some ringing guitar by veteran bluesman Matt "Guitar" Murphy...
...fine guitar work by Murphy and especially Steve Cropper, the legendary Memphis session man, producer, and mainstay of Booker T. and the MGs. Belushi smooths out his vocal delivery a bit in "Almost," and Tom Scott of the L.A. Express handles the sax break as the rest of the horn section punches away. Next comes Aykroyd's only solo number, a wonderfully obscure bit of nonsensical babbling called "Rubber Biscuit" which is, believe it or not, quite faithful to the original version. Murphy takes the spotlight in the classic 12-bar "Shot Gun Blues," delivering some sizzling runs as Belushi...
...spunky private detectives, aviatrixes and reporters of the '30s who prefigured Superheroines Wonder Woman, Supergirl and, later, Doonesbury's Joanie Caucus. Women in the Comics (Chelsea House; 229 pages; $15) follows them all and includes parallel histories of women in the real world. Author Maurice Horn is a bit too inclusive: Playboy's Little Annie Fanny and bizarre S-M panels from Europe earn this great compendium an R rating...
Jimm Ross, horn and Patty Tao, piano--Kirkland...
...haunting words ("Such sad dreams/Troubling my sleep with that howl/Farewells must be but au revoirs"), and a charming french cabaret flavor, "Pronto Monto" is all variety. There's a brief transition to disco at the end of the song, French disco, and mysterious strains of mandolin, violin and horn floating in and out of the music. "Pronto Monto" embodies everything good about the McGarrigle sisters, especially because the words briefly recall the sister-conscious character of their old greats...