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The Best of Bill Black's Combo – The Hi Records Years

Colin Escott, Hi/Fat Possum Records, April 2001

NO AMOUNT OF current technology could emulate the aching exactness of Bill Black's Combo. Guitar, bass, and drums somehow kept a loose yet militarily precise pulse. More surprising is the fact that the Combo sound remained intact through myriad changes of personnel.

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