Otis Taylor has a knack for interesting titles; Blue-Eyed Monster and When Negros Walked the Earth are among the CDs that the Denver bluesman recorded before White African. Taylor also has a knack for very dark and sobering themes -- this 2001 release, in fact, is full of them. On White African, Taylor's subject matter ranges from lynching in the Deep South ("Saint Martha Blues") to homelessness ("Hungry People") to being unable to afford health care for a sick, dying child ({&"3...   [ read more ]

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Otis Taylor might well be the best and most inspired of contemporary bluesmen. His White African album was a masterpiece -- which makes the task of following it doubly difficult. With Respect the Dead, however, he does a superb job -- the man is still very much on a roll. Kicking off with the stark, banjo-led Ten Million Slaves, the intensity level never dips. It doesn't matter whether he's basing a song around a single chord, as he does on Hands on Your Stomach, or simply using voice and harmonica on Baby...   [ read more ]

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Otis Taylor has a knack for interesting titles; Blue-Eyed Monster and When Negros Walked the Earth are among the CDs that the Denver bluesman recorded before White African. Taylor also has a knack for very dark and sobering themes -- this 2001 release, in fact, is full of them. On White African, Taylor's subject matter ranges from lynching in the Deep South (Saint Martha Blues) to homelessness (Hungry People) to being unable to afford health care for a sick, dying child (3 Days and 3 Nights). And Taylor do...   [ read more ]

MP3 $10.49

Other people also bought:

Junior Varsity  Go! To the Ice Cream Social, Octis   Kralls TMUSSS Vol. 2, Karate  In the Fishtank 12