2011-05-25
James Kinds learned to play guitar as a youngster in Mississippi, and later moved to Chicago, as many bluesmen did before him. What James did that was against the grain was to wind up in Dubuque, Iowa and hold court week after week as the resident blues guru at a place called the "Mississippi Mug," earning an induction into the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame. He always had the blues-making stuff, but always flew under the radar until Chicago blues label Delmark decided to give the man his due. James's jangly-guitar blues and pleading tenor vocal give him a distinctive sound--check out the title track, "Oo Wee Baby," "Body Slam" and "I Can't Take It." He basically tells his life story in "Mason Dixon Line Blues." Who knew the blues was alive in Dubuque? 05/11 MJVD B-Electric (Chicago) TRACKS #3 and #15: After 10 p.m.COMPILATIONS
God Don't Never Change - The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
Watermelon Slim & The Workers
The Wheel Man
John Latini
The Blues Just Makes Me Feel Good
JOHNNY RAWLS
WAITING FOR THE TRAIN
BB KING
– One Kind Favor
CHRIS JAMES/PATRICK RYNN
Gonna Boogie Anyway
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