Tom McGuinness – ‘Playing For Time’

Tom McGuinness, “Playing For Time” (Repertoire)-This low key character first slipped unobtrusively into the public eye in the mid sixties as guitarist with serial hit-makers Manfred Mann and has since gone on to work with McGuinness Flint, and, for the past thirty years or so, the excellent Blues Band. Repertoire’s new twenty-one track compilation is dominated by the contents of the Wimbledon born musician’s  two solo albums, “Tom McGuinness” and “Double Take,” capturing  his  lifelong passion for the warmth, directness and honesty of the blues via fine tracks such as “Ain’t It A Drag,” “Standing By My  Window” and  “Long Hard Road.” – By Kevin Bryan.