A Jack London the Blues

He comes not only from Oakland, where once Jack London settled down to write his countless stories that dealt with the life on the road, on the goldfields and along the rail track. Seasick Steve is a hobo, a wandering, who throughout his life of the unrest through all parts of its US homeland was driven. In luggage he had the blues, which he used as a logbook of his experiences. The music that came out of this is earthy and honest, no frills and show, directly and bluntly. With simple office equipment equipped, consisting mostly of a completely worn out, in most cases even self-built guitar and a few chords he tells his stories that have come together for over fifty years and describing this simple but free life.

The existence of the Hobos consists of the decision to seek life on the road, without resources and intellectual escapades. Seasick Steve through the land and shared the life of the Hobos, as clichéd not might be. The existence always at the minimum, no place to live, no income, daily new jail, because of homelessness per se, for petty theft and rioting in a bar. By the time he made the decision after more than 50 years to emigrate with his wife in their native Norway. On the ship's passage he reiherte continuously and arrived in Norway to be with his name Seasick Steve. Only there one took notice of him and today he is considered common tip for those who are sick of hearing the blues of people who once knew a who lived as they describe it.

On the CD Man From Another Time and Seasick Steve is his reference to the great Bo Diddley, but otherwise he throws the listeners his hand knitted truths bluntly to his head, titles like Just Because or ThatŽs All reveal that there can not be expected secret messages are , In the title Man Of Another Time he gives to understand that it is aware, no longer belong to this time and his life concept another, bygone springs. As already presented the song of a bird morgentlichen to obtain the travel command for a different path without a goal. And in My Home, he reveals that there are no cold geographical variables which staged its way, but the longing for the blue eyes of a woman.

Who loves it down to earth in the truest sense of the word, which should necessarily lead to heart Seasick Steve. Since everything Manirierte drops, and then it goes down to business, as all excuses are out of reach. A brutally honest music.