Description
Release Date: 1997
Label: Fat Possum
Track List
- I’m Insane – T-Model Ford
- Meet Me In The City – Junior Kimbrough
- Come Right In – 20 Miles
- Snake Drive – R.L. Burnside
- Crack Whore Blues – The Neckbones
- Lonesome Road – Junior Kimbrough
- Have Mercy Baby – Jelly Roll Kings
- Come On In – R.L. Burnside
- Been Here And Gone – Elmo Williams
- Little Eddie Blues – Robert Cage
- Your Memories – Hasil Adkins
Notes
A sampler from the Fat Possum label that, as the title announces, really isn’t the same old blues crap. Fat Possum made its name as a home for raw 1990s juke-joint blues, and a lot of that is here in the cuts by Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside, T-Model Ford, and Jelly Roll Kings. It’s straight-up electric guitar blues where the groove and spontaneous rhythms are more important than chord changes and tight song construction, which can be both a blessing and a curse; Jelly Roll Kings add some nice texture to the form with whirling organ. You also get some almost punkish blues-rock from 20 Miles and the Neckbones, who sound a little like a bluesy Cramps on “Crack Whore Blues.”
