Post by Caligonian1 on Sept 22, 2013 21:26:45 GMT -5
Last week, Lizzy was asking about Jim L.'s bluesier side. Jim hasn't released any albums of blues music, but there are a few individual tracks that are definitely blues. On yesterday's MCR show from Bristol (check the archives if you missed it), Jim mentioned his upcoming album with the New Mississippi Allstars. I'm not familiar with the music of the NAMS, but here's a link to some info about them:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Mississippi_Allstars
As for Jim's blues songs, there's a great one on his 1994 album "Pretty Close to the Truth." It's called "When the Devil Starts Crying" and features an absolutely raw-voiced Jim supported by scorching slide guitar provided by either Buddy Miller or Greg Leisz (I'm not quite clear on that). You can hear a clip of this song (track 11) here:
www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1510446
I couldn't find a YouTube video of Jim's version of WTDSC, but I did find this John Mayall version. John's version is pretty good, but Jim's is vastly superior. Jim's version is terrifyingly good (!) and is likely to make your hair stand on end.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAQ1iGR55y8
There's another great blues track, from Jim's 1995 album "Every Second Counts", called "Bluebell". This is a swampy, scary sounding country blues that is liable to give you goose bumps by the time it's over. Again, I couldn't find a video for this, so here's a clip of the song (track 12).
www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1510519&style=music
The last blues track I could think of is from Jim's 1991 album "Planet of Love" and is called "What You Don't Know". It's reminiscent of Howlin' Wolf's "Smokestack Lightning". Here's a clip of it (track 9):
www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7943303&style=music
Hope this info is of use to someone.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Mississippi_Allstars
As for Jim's blues songs, there's a great one on his 1994 album "Pretty Close to the Truth." It's called "When the Devil Starts Crying" and features an absolutely raw-voiced Jim supported by scorching slide guitar provided by either Buddy Miller or Greg Leisz (I'm not quite clear on that). You can hear a clip of this song (track 11) here:
www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1510446
I couldn't find a YouTube video of Jim's version of WTDSC, but I did find this John Mayall version. John's version is pretty good, but Jim's is vastly superior. Jim's version is terrifyingly good (!) and is likely to make your hair stand on end.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAQ1iGR55y8
There's another great blues track, from Jim's 1995 album "Every Second Counts", called "Bluebell". This is a swampy, scary sounding country blues that is liable to give you goose bumps by the time it's over. Again, I couldn't find a video for this, so here's a clip of the song (track 12).
www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1510519&style=music
The last blues track I could think of is from Jim's 1991 album "Planet of Love" and is called "What You Don't Know". It's reminiscent of Howlin' Wolf's "Smokestack Lightning". Here's a clip of it (track 9):
www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7943303&style=music
Hope this info is of use to someone.
