(Electric Delta Blues) Junior Kimbrough - 7 Albums +1 EP (1966-1998), MP3, 320 kbps

Guitarist and singer David 'Junior' Kimbrough (1930-1998) was one of the deepest of the deep bluesmen, like his colleague R.L. Burnside he came from the hill country of Mississippi. Stark music with deep primal rhythms and drones, his music is very powerful and hypnotic. Kimbrough ran a juke joint that was the focal point of the local blues scene and was prominently featured in Robert Palmer's documentary Deep Blues and in the founding of the influential Fat Possum record label.
'See, I have a different type of music from other peoples. They playing the other kind of blues, and I'm playing cotton-patch blues.... Ain't nobody now can play the blues that I play.' ~ Junior Kimbrough
In 1966 Junior Kimbrough traveled to Memphis from his home in North Mississippi and recorded a short EP for noted rhythn & blues and gospel producer and owner of the Goldwax record label, Quinton Claunch. Junior Kimbrough recorded one session in one afternoon at American Studios. Claunch declined to release the recordings, deeming them too country. Forty some years later, Bruce Watson of Big Legal Mess Records approached Claunch to buy the original master tapes and the rights to release the recordings made that day.
Some of the standard Kimbrough tunes that he would play for the rest of his career are here like the very potent 'Done Got Old' which is an unflinching look at age over a primal beat and slashing guitar. 'Meet Me In the City' is emotional and stark in nature, but at the same time quite beautiful. This makes for a fine introduction to Kimbrough's unique blend of blues and the music that made the hill country of Mississippi so unique in American music. These new found recordings by the late Mississippi hill country master are completely essential for any music fan.