As a youngster, Bob Eike picked up a guitar and taught himself to play and set out on a career path to become a blues guitarist. He was recognized by Guitar Player <\/i>magazine and he shared the stage with some of the elite blues players in the world, including B.B. King, Taj Mahal, Johnny Winter, Leo Kotke, and John Lee Hooker. He went on to record with Billy Thompson and Dr. John. \u00a0He then moved to Chicago, one of the mecca\u2019s of the blues, and disappeared from the studio and stage. For years\u2026 nothing\u2026until now.<\/p>\n
Soul Stew Records tracked him down and convinced him to return to the studio. The result is Happy Little Songs About Futility And Despair.<\/i><\/p>\n
If there was a category at the Grammy Awards <\/i>for Comeback Album Of The Year, this release by Bob Eike would be in the running. He is a first-rate guitarist and vocalist who was wise enough to record everything live with no overdubs whatsoever. <\/p>\n
It is an album of short but brilliant blasts of music. There are ten songs but eight are under three minutes and the other two slightly over. This economy is perfect for his compositions. The guitar solos are under control and the incisive lyrics fit his years out of the limelight. Tracks such as \u201cMy God\u2019s Better Than Your God,\u201d Lucifer Jesus Jones,\u201d \u201cMy Ovens Broke,\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s The Way It Goes,\u201d and \u201cI Don\u2019t Do Lies\u201d are not only entertaining but personal with a little humor added in for good measure.<\/p>\n
Bob Eike has produced an excellent and personal blues album that leaves one wanting more.<\/p>\n
What does the future hold for him? Well, there is a statement on the CD case that says, \u201cWe made Bob come out of his basement and do this\u2026he\u2019s back in there now\u2026told us to quit bothering him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":31847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9349],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-43568","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-bob-eike","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=43568"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=43568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}