Let It Flow by Elvin Bishop (Vinyl record album review)

Album name: Let It Flow

Group name: Elvin Bishop

Year: 1974

Number of discs: one

Label: Capricorn Records

Collection: Selman

Buy it:

Amazon (Vinyl): $7.88

Amazon (CD): $37.60

My review

Level of familiarity before listening

I’ve never heard of Elvin Bishop and I would have thought that “elvin” was an adjective describing something elf-like, but it’s a given name.

What I expected

Country rock? There’s some country and western attire being worn on the album reverse, and some of the songs are credited to Merle Haggard and Hank Williams.

What it was actually like

Country rock was definitely an accurate description, but it’s incomplete, as there was a lot more than that going on: I heard lots of funk and blues, and I heard some soul. I heard echos of the Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead. I heard an outstanding record that I recommend, with no bad songs!

Grade

5/5: love it