There are the blues and then there are the Blues. I like the back-wood blues. The dusty, dark and dank smokehouse blues. I like the cheap beer, strong liquor, wash it down with a gallon of BBQ sauce and collard greens type of blues.
Give me North Mississippi any day (with one exception. All Hail Jimi). I’ll take the hill country over the raucous Chicago, the muddy Delta and the Texas drawl. Long live the Hill Country. Long live R.L. Burnside. And rest in peace Junior Kimbrough, rest in peace because the living are carrying out the blues as they were meant to be in your name.
Sunday Nights – The Songs of Junior Kimbrough is a wide ranging tribute to the venerable blues man. High points on this album include the slow burn and sultry air of Entrance and Cat Power reworking Do the Rump and The Fiery Furnace's rocking version of I’m Leaving plus The Heartless Bastards stomping through Done Got Old.
The album also includes semi-inspired covers by The Black Keys and Iggy Pop. Don’t be fooled by Iggy’s take on You Better Run, the rest of the album and the lesser known bands do the Old Man justice.
Stuff to Steal: Iggy had Better Run
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