1 	Tippin On In 	
2 	Little Rain Falling 	
3 	These Kinda Blues 	
4 	Its Over 	
5 	Ramblin Man 	
6 	Nothing Too Good For My Baby 	
7 	Treat Your Woman Right 	
8 	For The Love Of A Woman 	
9 	Bloody Tears 	
10 	Stayed Way Too Long 	
11 	Worst Feeling 	
12 	Dancing Shoes

Backing Vocals – Jacqueline Johnson (tracks: 6, 10)
Bass – Johnny B Gayden (tracks: 1, 3 to 12)
Guitar – John Primer
Harmonica – Carey Bell (tracks: 3, 5, 9 to 12)
Horns – Memphis Horns (tracks: 6)
Lead Vocals – Big Daddy Kinsey, Koko Taylor (tracks: 6)
Organ – Charles Hodges (tracks: 6)
Piano – Johnnie Johnson (tracks: 1 to 5, 9 to 11)
Slide Guitar – Donald Kinsey
Tenor Saxophone – Andrew Love
Trumpet – Wayne Jackson 

Recorded in the early part of 1994, this is a richly produced album. Big Daddy Kinsey’s voice, while not a dominating force on this outing, benefits from a stellar production that includes an all-star cast of supporting musicians. Audio fidelity is top notch throughout. My only caveat is that it’s hard to imagine a BDK album without his trademark slide guitar. That signature sound of his slide tearing through the opening moments of a Muddy Water’s song is the thing I remember most about him in concert when I saw him in Amherst in 1993/4. He had such presence on the stage with that white Fender, and the sound....

The album begins with a mid-tempo, funky take on Slim Harpo’s hit “Tippin’ On In”, followed with a fine, slow Delta styled ensemble with John Primer on acoustic guitar; son Donald contributing a nice slide solo. The disc program continues on with a skillful mixture of rhythmic beats and varied song selections; Johnny B. Gayden’s excellent bass lines and tempos pacing the selections. The program is punctuated midway through the disc with Koko Taylor dueting with Big Daddy on “Nothing’s Too Good for My Baby”; and Carey Bell’s adept harp playing on a half a dozen tracks. This is as close as you’ll get to a late ‘50s styled Chicago Blues Band sound recorded in a modern day audio facility.

Would I choose this over Kinsey’s benchmark “Bad Situation” album, recorded in 1984? I think BDK’s voice was in better form on “Bad Situation”; it is a more straight ahead Chicago Blues album and also features his slide guitar. “Ramblin’ Man” is a more varied program, and more richly produced. I really can’t decide. But I can recommend this w/o hesitation to anyone in need of a classic Chicago Blues album. Purchase with confidence! ---bluesfan, amazon.com

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1 	Can't Let Go 	4:27
2 	Going To New York 	3:08
3 	Meanest Woman 	3:15
4 	Kinsey's Mood Too 	2:49
5 	It's Over 	4:00
6 	Dancin' Shoes 	3:06
7 	Do You Need Me Like I Need You 	3:40
8 	Hard Life 	4:08
9 	I'm A Lover 	4:02
10 	Howlin' Wolf 	8:24

Big Daddy Kinsey – vocals, slide guitar
Donald Kinsey - slide guitar
Kenneth Kinsey – bass
Ron Prince – rhythm guitar
Lucky Peterson – keyboard
Matthew Scholler – harmonica
Ralph Kinsey – drums
Vycki Z. Walls, Yvonne Jackson – backing vocals

When the Kinsey Report signed on to back their father for Can't Let Go, the group was at their peak, so it would have made commercial sense for the boys to move their direction. Fortunately, they went the other way, choosing to stick to Chicago blues. The Kinseys don't play it straight, however, they rock it hard, which energizes Big Daddy and makes Can't Let Go a thoroughly enjoyable collection of hard-rocking contemporary Chicago blues. ---Thom Owens, AllMusic Review

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01 - Ode To Muddy Waters
02 - I Am The Blues
03 - Baby Don't Say That No More
04 - Somebody's Gonna Get Hooked Tonight
05 - Nine Below Zero
06 - Walking Thru The Park
07 - Good Mornin' Mississippi
08 - Don't You Lie To Me
09 - The Queen Without A King
10 - Mannish Boy
11 - Little Red Rooster
12 - Got My Mojo

Musicians: 
Big Daddy Kinsey (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, steel guitar); 
Donald Kinsey (guitar, background vocals); 
Jimmy Rogers , Rico McFarland, Buddy Guy (guitar);
James Cotton , Sugar Blue, Billy Branch (harmonica); 
Lucky Peterson (piano, organ); 
Philip Perkins, Pinetop Perkins (piano, background vocals); 
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Ray Allison (drums); 
Michael Kinsey, Calvin "Fuzz" Jones (background vocals).

Long before Lester "Big Daddy" Kinsey and his clan hit the international blues circuit, he established himself as the modern-day blues patriarch of Gary, Indiana and as the Steel City's answer to Muddy Waters. A slide guitarist and harp blower with roots in both the Mississippi Delta and postwar Chicago styles, Kinsey worked with local bands only long enough for his sons to mature into top-flight musicians, and after 1984 (when Big Daddy recorded his debut album, Bad Situation) the family act became one of the hottest attractions in contemporary blues. Big Daddy's material ranged from deep blues in the Muddy Waters vein to hard-rocking blues with touches of funk and even reggae, courtesy of sons Donald and Ralph (who venture even further afield in their own outings as the Kinsey Report). In the early '90s Kinsey released one of the most successful albums of his career, I Am the Blues, which featured contributions from Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Sugar Blue, and Pinetop Perkins. On April 3, 2001 he succumbed to prostate cancer, dying at the age of 74. --- Jim O'Neal, deezer.com

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