Junior Kimbrough and the Soul Blues Boys - Sad Days Lonely Nights LP
If All Night Long was a great electric blues portrait, this sophomore release is an extension of the portrait, but with a lot more grit and grind thrown in, given a darker, deeper sound by a change in location. The vocals are further back, buried in the thick, heavy electric mix -- some of this music here is Southern electric blues sounding about the way it might when the apocalypse is just around the corner. Forget the fancy stuff, the polished edges, the studio touches -- there are no second takes, no overdubs, no last chances. It's terrifyingly compelling at times.
If All Night Long was a great electric blues portrait, this sophomore release is an extension of the portrait, but with a lot more grit and grind thrown in, given a darker, deeper sound by a change in location. The vocals are further back, buried in the thick, heavy electric mix -- some of this music here is Southern electric blues sounding about the way it might when the apocalypse is just around the corner. Forget the fancy stuff, the polished edges, the studio touches -- there are no second takes, no overdubs, no last chances. It's terrifyingly compelling at times.
If All Night Long was a great electric blues portrait, this sophomore release is an extension of the portrait, but with a lot more grit and grind thrown in, given a darker, deeper sound by a change in location. The vocals are further back, buried in the thick, heavy electric mix -- some of this music here is Southern electric blues sounding about the way it might when the apocalypse is just around the corner. Forget the fancy stuff, the polished edges, the studio touches -- there are no second takes, no overdubs, no last chances. It's terrifyingly compelling at times.
