Junior Kimbrough - God Knows I Tried
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Artist: Junior KimbroughBrand: KIMBROUGH,JUNIOR
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-09-01
Music Label: Fat Possum
Soundtracks:
- You're Gonna Find Your Mistake
- How Do You Feel
- I Gotta Try You Girl
- I'm in Love With You
- I Cried Last Night
- Keep on Braggin'
- Tramp
- All Night Long [Instrumental]
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Free Music Review: The epiphany of blues.
Hit: 5 Stars
Untainted by lavish lifestyle, this blues album is what a man that has played blues his whole life has evolved into: soulless, frustrated, disturbed, Raw. Through years of failed breakthrough attempts, Kimbrough has made this style the epiphany of blues music. As all the original blues men pay their dues with death, Kimbrough, with guitar in hand, shuts the back door as the blues slowly fades away.
His frustration and lyrics mold into an orchestra of sound that can be imitated by the stripes and black keys but can never reach the true character that has been molded though a lifetime. Kimbrough's style transcends through the blues spectrum, past purple, and into the darkest shade of black.
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Media Type: CD
Artist: KIMBROUGH,JUNIOR
Title: GOD KNOWS I TRIED
Street Release Date: 08/25/1998
Genre: BLUES
This CD has a considerable mix of music on it, which is understandable given that it's a posthumous release of tracks collected over five years of recording. Every track, however, showcases guitarist Kimbrough's distinctive style, which regional isolation made very different from any other; it's not Delta, and it's definitely not Chicago. Kimbrough was primarily a live performer, recording only in the last years of his life, and one gets the impression that this is music that should be heard live. Since Kimbrough has left us, however, his recordings will have to do. --Genevieve Williams
This posthumous release from the Mississippi hill-country guitarist is a mixed bag, with recording dates ranging from 1992 to early 1997. For all that, it's a solid collection, an eight-track testimonial to Junior Kimbrough's distinctive sound. From the full, haunting sound of both guitar and vocals on the opening "You're Gonna Find Your Mistake," to the rhythmic subtlety of "How Do You Feel" that's very reminiscent of early country blues, to the steady groove of "I Cried Last Night," God Knows I Tried showcases Kimbrough's unusual style to good advantage. The isolation of Kimbrough and his Mississippi compatriots produced a sound quite unlike any other regional style; distinct from the Chicago style and even from Delta blues, what one hears here is music that's almost trance-inducing without becoming monotonous, music that seems tailored for live playing and hearkens to the days when that was mainly how one heard it. The variations in sound on this CD suggest that they weren't originally recorded with the intent of putting them all on the same album, but the quality of Kimbrough's performance more than overrides such minor quibbles. --Genevieve Williams
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