Roots Rock pur

A lesson in Roots Rock - otherwise these 11 Will Kimbrough recordings etcetera in small clubs, even smaller studios, living rooms 1994-2002, recorded by musicians from the friends and colleagues Kimbrough's, in the form of samples, demos, or simply as were. The songs are largely from him, are between Blues, towards the end of the recording, and that includes Neil Young Motorcycle Mama, and crashing Roots-rock guitars settled in the first five songs. To conclude then there's also the country Folker Blue Moon Of Kentucky by Bill Monroe.

As a permanent companion of the acts already eternal life companion Tommy Womack - which makes it considerably sharp-edged. The songs, which extend over a period of eight years, clearly have no temporal differentiation on this type of production - two guitars, bass, drums, micro - and yet, of course, it is reminiscent of the great Roots Band of date lead nineties: engage Kimbrough, for over twenty years now one of the leading guitarists and producers in Roots Americana-Country, and Womack in the strings, then closes seamlessly with the last shots Uncle Tupelo. And Blues could the course.

Probably something works only on this so authentic way in really rhizosphere genres, in styles that have never ever away from their roots, ie country, folk, blues and just this kind of reduction Rocks. But here it works even in its roughness, coarseness yes, just perfect, you really would not know where to grind something or even should add something - but what eludes so strictly speaking a review in star shape!