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Ticket to Chicago | 
 enlarge | Artist: Dave Hole
Label: Alligator Records
Category: Music
Buy New: $17.98
New (15) Used (9) from $5.44
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 98401
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 014551484721
EAN: 0014551484721
ASIN: B000000A1K
Release Date: February 11, 1997
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks
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| Tracks:
| • | Out Of Here | | • | You're Too Young | | • | Phone Line | | • | You Got The Blues | | • | My Bird Won't Sing | | • | Bermuda Triangle | | • | Wheeler Dealer | | • | Empty Train | | • | Why Can't You Be True? | | • | Beyond Jupiter | | • | Cold Blue Moon | | • | Outlaw | | • | Ain't No Justice | | • | Bullfrog Blues |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Australian Dave Hole plays like a caffeinated Elmore James, zinging a steel slide over his fretboard with so much hard-edged energy that he's drawn the praise of not only blues listeners, but also fans like Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett. This 1997 release is his first album recorded in Chicago, with the support of Windy City blues MVPs: keyboardist Tony Zamagni, bassist Johnny B. Gayden, drummer Ray Allison, and others. That's what Hole needed to anchor his performances, which in the past have seemed more facile and speed-crazed than heartfelt. Even his wildest slide exhortations sound rooted over this band's powerhouse grooves. Hole's more yeller than singer, but that's what his exuberant lyrics--he wrote all 14 songs--demand. This is breathless blues for the approaching millennium. --Ted Drozdowski
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| Customer Reviews:
 essential September 1, 2007
for me Dave Hole is right at the top of the Blues Rock crowd for a bunch of reasons which are well displayed on this fine album . For starters there is good songwriting in the realm of contemporary blues without the cliches or familiar she done him wrong scenarios. Fiery imaginative guitar playing that is over the top , but leaves plenty of space for the music to breath . Dave Hole also plays acoustic guitar very well and although he doesn't have what you would call a great voice , I really enjoy his vocals a lot . He doesn't over-sing or sound like so many others in the genre that make you wonder why another a middle class white is trying to sound like a poor rural southern guy . I enjoy this album every time I listen to it , Dave Hole is the real deal
 RICK "SHAQ" GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "BLUES WORLD NEEDS ANOTHER "HOLE" TRIP TO CHICAGO!" January 21, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Out of Dave's 7 CD's, this is the 2nd best, behind "THE LIVE ONE" (See prior Shaq review!) it's a distant 2nd, but also way, way, ahead of 3-7. A number of these songs are also on the "Live" album in a longer format. As of this writing 1/20/07 I'm told Dave has a new release coming in February 2007, he's disappeared for years. I hope it's like these 2 and not the other 5. This is worth purchasing for any slide guitar fan. I have my finger's crossed awaiting his next release.
Dave Hole is an absolute phenom on slide guitar! April 12, 1999
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
How could I have missed this slide guitar genius? I've played Blues for over 30 years, heard his name a few times, but never listened to anything by him. After hearing "Ticket to Chicago", I'm buying ALL his CD's... His raw energy and how he makes that guitar cry and sing, elevates slide guitar to a whole new level. As a fellow guitarist, I am in awe of this mans mastery of slide guitar blues!!!!
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