Music

Dion

Blues With Friends

KTBA Records

All-star line-up join US pop king

Dion DiMucci has some serious pull in the American pop world. His first major hits, 1958 doo-wop track I Wonder Why and ’59’s A Teenager In Love were cut when he was with The Belmonts and he toured with Buddy Holly, missing the latter’s tragic fate only because he couldn’t afford the $36 flight. Today, he’s a kind of elder statesman of the Great American Songbook, with a contact book to die for.

The guests on this album are not spinning with curiosity firmly piqued but guarded expectations. What we get is a beautifully produced slice of Americana – glued together by Dion’s grizzled vocal presence.