lunes, 2 de noviembre de 2009

Big Joe SHELTON - Black Prairie Blues 2008 (REPOST)


Big Joe SHELTON - Black Prairie Blues 2008 (REPOST)

Blues

Living Blues Magazine review of Black Prairie Blues December 2008 Issue # 198 Mississippi native Big Joe Shelton is one of the blues’ many unsung local heroes—while he may not be a well known name on the national scene, he has played the King Biscuit Blues Festival (now the Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival) toured Europe, and jammed with legends like Junior Kimbrough, R. L. Burnside, Big Joe Williams, and Alabama bluesman Willie King, who make a guest appearance on Black Prairie Blues. Shelton’s vocals and harmonica get the job done, but his real strength lies in his songwriting. All 15 tunes on the set list are original numbers, and even in the album’s weaker moments, Shelton performs with an unrelenting passion. He covers all the blues canon with a pen guided by years of experience playing in the deep south: promiscuity on Scratchin’ Yo Itch; booze on One’s Too Many; a relationship on the rocks on Nothin’ Can Save It; wild Saturday nights down in Cat Fish alley; and the ubiquitous disrespectful female on Be A Woman; a high energized rocker that closes the album. The timely Elmore James-style slide blues Hope We Live To See The Day delivers both a poignant critique of the war in Iraq and a call for peace, with Shelton reminding us that “Jesus don’t like killin’, no matter what for,” and the title track finds guest Willie King taking a break from the Liberators to contribute tasty lead guitar to the mix. No doubt Shelton’s got the goods and Black Prairie Blues is a solid, enjoyable record that should broaden his fan base.                                                                                                    By Roger Gatchet.
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01.Ribs And Cat Whisky 2:16                                                                                                               
02.In Mississippi 5:28
03.Chitlin' Lovin' Man 2:53
04.Mississippi Night 4:58
05.Hope We Live To See The Day 5:01
06.One's Too Many 3:37
07.Devil Lives In Memphis 3:42
08.Black Prairie Blues 5:25
09.Nothin' Can Save It 3:00
10.Scratchin' Yo Itch 4:04
11.Best I Can Tell 6:47
12.Cat Fish Alley 3:04
13.Ears Like A Mule 2:28
14.Can't Come Back 2:50
15.Be A Woman 3:33
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