Customer Reviews
LIFETIME FAN 
2008-02-05
USUAL HIGH QUALITY OUTPUT YOU EXPECT AND GET FOR LAST 50 YEARS FROM THIS
ARTIST. FAR AS BLUES GO IF YOU LIKED "BRONX IN BLUE " YOU WILL LOOOOVE
THIS. ALMOST WORE IT OUT, CONTINUALY REPLAYED IT FOR 2 WEEKS.
NEW BAG FOR THE KID WITH LOTS OF DEPTH CONVERTED TO THE TRUE DION SOUND.
IF YOU ARE READING THIS D'... YO !!!
How can this ol' rocker sing the blues?! 2008-02-01
I'll keep this short and sweet. I like rock and roll. I'm a bit of an immature blues boy, with my tastes more towards the blues-rockers. Purists, barbarians, big people, little people, you name it: everyone needs this album. My darlin' wife, who is not a blues collector, has it tucked tightly in her car CD changer. There is truly not one single cut that's not worth listening to, and most are tremendous. If I owned this label, I'd offer a money back guarantee.
Time to go so I can beg my wife to eject the cd..... at least for today.
John Sommer
HardLuck Cafe, KHPU-fm
Dio - Son of Skip James 
2008-01-14
Another solid effort from an old musical friend. It is great to have Rock & Roll's past continuing to contribute
I'm lovin it !! 2008-01-09
Dion's Son of Skip James...all I can say is WOW !! Love the blues, and he does it right! I am 62 years old, and this album gets me up and dancing again! The voice, the EVERYTHING..Dion, why didn't you do this before? It's perfect, a really great C.D., you won't be sorry you ordered it !!
DION SON OF SKIP 2007-12-28
I liked this blues CD better than the Bronx Blues. It's still has the blues but it's more fun to listen to.
Dion- Son of Skip James 2008-06-23
Dion has became a true blues artist in every way. I have a hard time taking this CD out of my car player!!!
"Son of Skip James", this is the real deal here. 2008-05-23
In 1991 I picked up Dion's latest CD at the time titled "Bronx Blues: The Columbia Recordings". It is a collection of his songs from 1962-1965. Yes it includes "Ruby Baby" and "Donna the Prima Donna" but toward the end of the 20 song CD I found myself listening to Dion sing the blues on "Spoonful" and "The Seventh Son". So this dude with the Bronx chops (who sang with the "Belmont's" in the late 50's) has been singing the blues since he picked up the guitar? This was a new revelation for me.
Fast forward to 2006, finally, Dion records a blues album titled "Bronx in Blue". It's a masterpiece. And we are talking acoustic blues not electric. Just read the reviews on it. And now, I finally bought and listened to "Son of Skip James". I thought, how could "Bronx in Blue" be topped? Well let me tell you, Dion topped it.
Dion Dimucci, his vocals have never sounded better and his acoustic guitar playing brings life to the blues. "Son of Skip James", this is the real deal here.
Surprise of the year for me 2008-05-11
What a surprise! I've always been a Dion & the Belmonts fan, since I was born in the Bronx. I've been a blues fanatic since I heard Lightnin' Hopkins singing "Rocky Mountain Blues" on WWRL while sitting in my car in Brooklyn in 1965.
Lately, I've drifted off into jazz, primarily the seminal bop of Thelonious and Miles and Bird. Made me wish the Beatles and the Stones hadn't come on when they did, so I might have been able to focus on those giants of jazz when they were still playing in the NY clubs (well, not Bird, but so many of the rest.)
Back to Dion. I still get a charge in my heart when I hear the opening beats of "Wanderer." And I'll always recall the dirty lyrics we substituted for parts of "Runaround Sue."
I didn't know about Dion's previous blues album, which is why I was so dam surprised when "Son of Skip James" showed up. I am so stoked by that record I'm going to take it to California tomorrow and give it to my 23 year old guitar-playing son and hope he gets a charge out of it. Would I love it if, when he comes home from school in a few weeks, he was playing one or two of the songs from the record.
"The Thunderer" is a magnificent piece of religious music. I can tell you for sure that the Catholic churches would be a lot more crowded if that was the kind of music you could hear at Mass on Sunday.
Now I got to get the earlier record. What a turn-on for me and everyone who is lucky enough to hear this terrific artist from the streetcorners of New York.
Dion son of Scott 2008-02-18
As a child of the 50's, Dion was my soulmate. The loves lost and yearned for were all in his songs. To find his new voice and genre was a wonderful surprise.
A true talent! 2008-02-13
I've always enjoyed Dion, even back in the "Run Around Sue" days. Conveniently enough, my musical tastes have changed, and Dion's has changed along the same lines. Great album, in the same vein as Bronx N Blue.
