UPC: 772532127929
Format: CD
Release Date: Nov 20, 2007
Regular price
$19.95 USD
Regular price
Sale price
$19.95 USD
Unit price
per
Couldn't load pickup availability
FREE SHIPPING
This item is expected to ship between 2 and 5 business days after order placement.
Personnel: Chris Thomas King (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, harmonica, grand piano, upright bass, bass guitar, drums, percussion, programming); Sharon Foster, Charles Elam III, Lisa Foster, Earl J. Smith, Jr. (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Chris Thomas King.
Recording information: 21st Century Blues Studios, New Orleans, LA; Studio In The Country, Bogalusa, LA; Ultrasonic Recordinjg Studios, New Orleans, LA.
Arranger: Chris Thomas King.
After his screen debut as bluesman Tommy Johnson in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Chris Thomas King released this ambitious concept album, which essentially tracks the history of country blues through to its electric blossoming in Chicago. Beginning a cappella and then working through covers of Tommy Johnson's "Canned Heat Blues" and Blind Willie Johnson's "Trouble Will Soon Be Over" mixed in with like-minded originals, King then plugs in and finishes with several Chicago-style electric numbers with a full band before closing out with his trademark post-Chicago approach. It's probably a bit more intriguing in concept than in actual execution, but the result is a pleasant and intelligent album. ~ Steve Leggett
Audio Mixer: Chris Thomas King.
Recording information: 21st Century Blues Studios, New Orleans, LA; Studio In The Country, Bogalusa, LA; Ultrasonic Recordinjg Studios, New Orleans, LA.
Arranger: Chris Thomas King.
After his screen debut as bluesman Tommy Johnson in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Chris Thomas King released this ambitious concept album, which essentially tracks the history of country blues through to its electric blossoming in Chicago. Beginning a cappella and then working through covers of Tommy Johnson's "Canned Heat Blues" and Blind Willie Johnson's "Trouble Will Soon Be Over" mixed in with like-minded originals, King then plugs in and finishes with several Chicago-style electric numbers with a full band before closing out with his trademark post-Chicago approach. It's probably a bit more intriguing in concept than in actual execution, but the result is a pleasant and intelligent album. ~ Steve Leggett
Tracks:
1 - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2 - Trouble Will Soon Be Over
3 - Canned Heat Blues
4 - Flooded in the Delta
5 - Watermelon Man
6 - John Law Burned Down the Liquor Sto'
7 - Red Shoes
8 - Bonnie & Clyde in D Minor
9 - Do Fries Go with That Shake?
10 - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Reprise)
11 - Spread the Glory (Requiem)
2 - Trouble Will Soon Be Over
3 - Canned Heat Blues
4 - Flooded in the Delta
5 - Watermelon Man
6 - John Law Burned Down the Liquor Sto'
7 - Red Shoes
8 - Bonnie & Clyde in D Minor
9 - Do Fries Go with That Shake?
10 - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Reprise)
11 - Spread the Glory (Requiem)