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Be careful

William C. Piper II | Pennington, NJ United States | 12/11/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I highly recommend this as a place to get into Kimbrough's music, having heard his songs covered by Mississippi All-Stars and, most wonderfully, by Buddy Guy on Sweet Tea. I will certainly be going back into Mr. Kimbrough's own work, though, for the edge of violence, of morality threatened by desire, which, I guess, is the theme of all good blues lyrics. But it's not the lyrics: it's the hypnotic drive, the bouncing line of repeated rhythmic figures and unexpected syncopations holding aggressive, if not violent, control on the verge of ecstasy. All said and done, though there won't be many explicit warnings, it's way more erotically charged and scarey than the hip-hop boys even approach. This is way good. Buy it."

Boogie down dirty blues

Fell But Missed | Laguna Beach, CA | 05/17/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Damn if the cover doesn't just sound like the album. Every tune is dirty, follows old school blues stylings- few chord changes, non-song structure, good beat to move to. Let it play from track 1 while drinking, you'll know what I mean."