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1.StopHard to Resist [#] – Duster Bennett 02:25
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2.StopIt's a Man Down There [Single Version] – Duster Bennett 02:49
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3.StopThings Are Changing [Single Version] – Duster Bennett 03:23
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4.StopWorried Mind – Duster Bennett 03:03
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5.StopLife Is a Dirty Deal – Duster Bennett 03:59
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6.StopCountry Jam – Duster Bennett 02:31
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7.StopTrying to Paint It in the Sky – Duster Bennett 03:38
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8.StopTimes Like These – Duster Bennett 03:39
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9.StopMy Lucky Day – Duster Bennett 02:41
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10.StopGot a Tongue in Your Head! – Duster Bennett 03:20
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11.StopJumping at Shadows – Duster Bennett 03:27
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12.Stop40 Minutes from Town – Duster Bennett 03:34
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13.StopShame, Shame, Shame – Duster Bennett 02:39
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14.StopMy Love Is Your Love – Duster Bennett 04:16
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15.StopShady Little Baby – Duster Bennett 04:06
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16.StopRaining in My Heart [Single Version] – Duster Bennett 02:36
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17.StopJumpin' for Joy [Single Version] – Duster Bennett 03:03
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18.StopGod Save the Queen/Introductions/She Lived Her Life Too Fast [Live] – Duster Bennett 03:29
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19.StopJust Like a Fish [Live] – Duster Bennett 04:19
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20.StopWhat a Dream [Live] – Duster Bennett 04:21
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21.StopJust Like I Treat You [Live] – Duster Bennett 04:43
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22.StopTalk to Me [Live] – Duster Bennett 03:58
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23.StopI'm the One [Live] – Duster Bennett 03:17
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24.StopI Wonder If You Know (How It Is) [Live] – Duster Bennett 05:54
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25.StopMy Babe/She's My Baby [Live] – Duster Bennett 06:03
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26.StopHonest I Do [Live] – Duster Bennett 03:33
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27.StopBright Lights Big City [Live] – Duster Bennett 04:45
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28.StopFresh Country Jam [Live] – Duster Bennett 04:51
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29.StopI'm Gonna Wind Up Ending Up or I'm Gonna End Up Winding You Up with You – Duster Bennett 02:56
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30.StopRock of Ages Cleft for Me [Single Version] – Duster Bennett 04:13
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31.StopSlim's Tune – Duster Bennett 03:28
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32.StopI Choose to Sing the Blues [Version] – Duster Bennett 02:58
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33.StopSugar Beet – Duster Bennett 02:57
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34.StopI Love My Baby – Duster Bennett 03:05
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35.StopVitamin Pills – Duster Bennett 02:49
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36.StopEveryday – Duster Bennett 03:53
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37.StopAct Nice and Gentle – Duster Bennett 02:30
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38.StopWoman Without Love – Duster Bennett 02:54
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39.StopThat Mean Old Look – Duster Bennett 02:18
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40.StopSweeter Than Sugar – Duster Bennett 02:45
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41.StopOn Reconsideration – Duster Bennett 04:10
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42.StopHill St. Rag – Duster Bennett 03:24
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43.StopIf You Could Hang Your Washing Like You Can Hang Your Lines – Duster Bennett 02:28
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44.StopI Want You to Love Me – Duster Bennett 03:35
It turns out that Britain's best bluesman in the so-called white blues boom of the 1960s wasn't Eric Clapton, Peter Green, John Mayall, Eric Burden, Stevie Winwood or any of the other obvious contenders. It was Tony Bennett, or Tony "Duster" Bennett to be exact, a one-man band who combined a ragged and raw punk energy with sly songwriting skills to produce a body of work unlike any other in Europe or anywhere else. Bennett played seemingly every instrument imaginable, from kazoo to piano (sometimes all at once), and his voice, although technically not impressive, was uniquely his own and he somehow made it a completely expressive vehicle. Duster released a handful of albums and some scattered singles in his lifetime (he died in a car accident in 1976 when he was just 28 years old), most of them for Mike Vernon's Blue Horizon Records, and although his recorded work was critically well received, he never enjoyed commercial success. This two-disc package includes all three of Bennett's LPs for Blue Horizon (Smiling Like I'm Happy, the live set Bright Lights and 12dbs) plus the various singles he released for the label between 1968 and 1970, and it makes for a steady delight, full of propulsive songs that continually take sudden, quirky turns. Keeping time on a kick drum and hi-hat while churning out a ragged, arresting rhythm on guitar and interjecting wild, horn-like harmonica figures between his vocal lines, Bennett projects an immediate, combustible energy that is impossible to ignore. His shuffle rhythms may be drawn from Jimmy Reed and Slim Harpo (he covers songs by both men here), but he amps things up from swampy laconic to extremely urgent and creates a very real kinetic tension in the process. But his hidden strength is in his songwriting, which is full of wry humor and surprisingly sly phrasal turns that mark him as a true original. Songs like "I'm Gonna Wind Up Ending Up Or I'm Gonna End Up Winding Up with You" and "If You Could Hang Your Washing Like You Can Hang Your Lines" are unlike anything else in the blues world, and for all their apparent syntactic complexity, they unwind naturally and easily. "Jumping at Shadows," which was covered by the Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac, may well be the best original blues song to ever come out of Britain, while "Trying to Paint It in the Sky" is simply a great song by any standards. Other highlights on this wonderful collection include the racing "Worried Mind," the punk-paced and raw "Jumpin' for Joy," the country-tinged "Slim's Tune," and the blistering attack of "40 Minutes from Town." This guy was really something special. Bennett had his own home studio and turned out scores of demo recordings, many of which have been compiled on several fascinating albums from Indigo Records (I Choose to Sing the Blues, Comin' Home, Blue Inside, Jumpin' at Shadows and Shady Little Baby). He also recorded an album of funk, soul and blues for the Australian label Toadstool called Fingertips. Released in 1975, Fingertips turned out to be Bennett's last official studio album. Castle/Sanctuary's double-disc Bright Lights Big City from 2003 draws highlights from all of these sources and makes a good introduction to the full range and all too brief career of this amazing musician. Steve Leggett, Rovi
- Genre: Rock, Blues
- Subgenre: British Invasion, Modern Electric Blues, Rock & Roll/Roots
- Category Blues-Rock, British Blues
- Release Date: February 6, 2007
- Artist: Bennett Duster
- Additional Artist: Duster Bennett (Vocals), Stella Sutton (Vocals), John Cloury (Vocals)