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Keb' Mo'
Participated by Keb' Mo'
Studio : Sony
by Sony
Release Date : 1994-06-07
Publisher : Sony
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EAN : 0074645786322
UPC : 746457863224
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 59 reviews)
List Price : $11.98
Our Price : $6.68
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Americancivilwar.com |
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Every few years, an acoustic guitar player decides he wants to be the next Robert Johnson and endears himself to the blues world--Rory Block, John Hammond Jr., and Taj Mahal have crossed this road in the past. Veteran backup guitarist Kevin "Keb' Mo'" Moore has the freshest approach to pulling it off, turning Johnson's devil-obsessed classics "Come on in My Kitchen" and "Kindhearted Woman Blues" into friendly folk music on this 1994 debut. Unlike many of the great bluesmen, the personable Moore doesn't aspire to be evil or even rebellious; he writes terrific songs (most notably the opening "Every Morning" and "Dirty Low Down and Bad") and performs them with talent and charisma. --Steve Knopper |
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The Fire Next Time |
This reviewer has spent much ink in this space over the past year or so touting various old time country blues singers like Bukka White, Skip James and, of course, Son House. I have noted that their music reflected the rural southern, mainly Mississippi Delta. plantation life of hard toil (picking that damn cotton), hard living and hard loving from an earlier part of the last century. That age effectively ended on an economic level with the vast increases in the mechanization of agriculture and the migration of blacks north (mainly to Chicago and other Midwest industrial stops) in the period leading up to World War II. Musically it ended with the electrification of the blues guitar as the music headed north. That, however, begs an important question. Who would, if anyone, continue that old blues tradition?
Well we know part of the answer. The various white (mainly) urban folk revivalists of the 1960's, including the likes of Dave Van Ronk and Eric Von Schmidt and British rock aficionados like Eric Clapton of that same period held the tradition together by physically "discovering" the remnants of the old time singers like the above-mentioned artists. And by creating their own blues tradition. But what of now. That is where the artist under review, Keb' Mo', comes into the picture. He has gone back to the roots with some sassy, saucy, sexy songs (mainly of his own creation) that would do his predecessors proud. In the age of the `hip-hop nation' the sheer number of those who are committed to the maintenance of this music is surely much too small but the quality, as represented by Keb', makes up the difference.
So what is good here? "Anybody Seen My Girl" deserves a listen as does "Dirty Low Down and Bad" but if you have only time to listen to one give a listen to the old Robert Johnson tune " Kindhearted Woman" then you will know why the old blues tradition is still in capable hands. Kudos Keb'.
Note: I first heard of Keb' through part one of Martin Scorsese's six part 2003 PBS series on the history of the blues. I recommend that series for those who want a primer on the history of this music-then push on from there.
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great listen!! |
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My first cd from kebmo, no regrets!!! very well made, good recording,great songs!!! I recommend. |
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I enjoyed this album even though I had only heard a couple of his songs in the past. Only a couple few make my playlists but its enough |
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First KebMo CD |
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This is my first and definetely not my last... what awesome talent! |
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Keb' Mo' |
I just love Keb' Mo'. This CD is classic Mo'. It does not have the unevenness of the Scorsese collection, which included the impromptu "Letter to Tracy," --a mistake to include. All of the tracks on this collection have individual strengths that enhance my overall view of Keb'Mo's virtuosity.
His lyrics are so contemporary, yet, he places them in a comfortable folksy/blues ambience that feels very comfortable. |
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