Alone with the blues... That says
it all ! Harmonica, vocals, and most of all, some good blues !
This atmospheric album features a wide range of blues music. A
testimony of Keith's first hearing of Sonny Boy Williamson and the famous Buddy Guy and
Junior Wells duo. Later his musical career which got him to meet B B King, Joe Louis
Walker, Big Walter Horton, James Cotton and others also forged his sound. With a warm
voice, Keith sings and plays gospel (A Feeling Called the Blues), work song (Geronimo), a
tribute to the mentor of us all Sonny Boy Williamson (Bring it on Home), a minor blues
(Trouble is going on) , a superb composition done a capella (Kool Struttin) and more
besides...
Beware ! A big harp sound can hide another big harp sound ! The first
piece "Strange things are happening", uses a harp amplified through an
Astatic/Fender Champ combination which projects the harmonica through your speakers. The
sound is present, slightly overdriven, with a somewhate brassy tint that instantly grabs
you into the album. The second piece is just as surprising : "Need to make a
Dollar" is played acoustic, and that sound is... just as deep, warm and very
expressive. Each track is a joy, because of Keith's voice, harp playing and most of all
his musicality.
"Alone with the blues" is a magical meeting with a man who
sings and plays the blues...