Eddie Kirkland - Democrat Blues (2004)

Date: Nov. 4, 2010

Until, of course, this release: Democrat Blues captures the Energy Man in the fall of 2002 as he came back through his former hometown, Toledo. He's frequently made stops in Toledo on his regular trips to Detroit, but this time he stayed a week and spent some time as he revisited Monroe Street where he lived and boxed, and Hines Farm, the rural African-American venue famous for its dirt track as well as a stop for B.B., John Lee and of course, Eddie Kirkland, on the Chittlin Circuit. The recordings teamed Eddie with bassist Fuzzy Samuels, folk-blues icon Dave "Snaker" Ray and drummer Andre Wright. He headlined the blues conference "Screamin' & Cryin' About the Blues." The first session was a rare acoustic guitar affair; Kirkland played solo and with Ray and produced the haunting "Ten Commandments" and the autobiographical "Good Time Joe," both of which are on Democrat Blues. The second session for this album brought in fellow Carribean Fuzzy Samuels (known for his work with Steve Stills and his supergroup, as well as Taj Mahal) and jazz drummer Andre Wright, as the guitar players plugged in. The effects on Kirkland's guitar are legendary to those who've seen him perform and some of them are right out front on the first tune on Democrat Blues, "Walk In The Dark," as Eddie plays an amplified acoustic that's really switched on. He hits on his old colleague from Detroit, Bobo Jenkins, for the title tune and touches upon Elmore James too before he closed with "the original Rock Me Baby" by Lil Son Jackson, "Rockin' & Rollin'." Additional songs on Democrat Blues were taken from Kirkland's mesmerizing live performance at the blues conference held the following weekend, with the same band. The resulting disc is Eddie Kirkland's his finest release since the 1970s.
The album also contains a bonus disc with the all the songs by Eddie Kirkland released on Blue Suit's Hastings Street Grease: Detroit Blues Is Alive! series - and one unreleased track from those sessions.

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Tracklist
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Disc 1

1. Walk In The Dark 3:08
2. Slow Driving 6:17
3. Ten Commandments 5:16
4. Democrat Blues 5:26
5. Call Me On The Phone / The Thrill is Gone 7:34
6. I've Got My Bloodshot Eyes On You 3:41
7. Must've Done Something Wrong 4:50
8. Too Late 5:10
9. Good Time Joe 4:58
10. Rockin' & Rollin' 5:26

Disc 2 Hastings Street Grease Sessions - Bonus

1. Going Back To The Backwoods 3:02
2. There's Got To Be Some Changes Made 4:59
3. I Want To Marry You 2:37
4. I Walk Down Hastings Street 5:04
5. You Ain't Fooling Me Baby 3:52
6. Something's Going Wrong 3:51

Personnel Disc 1:
Eddie Kirkland - Guitar,Vocals
Dave Ray - Guitar
Fuzzy Samuels - Bass
Andre Wright - Drums
Personnel Disc 2:
Recorded July 8,1998
Eddie Kirkland - Guitar,Vocals,Harp
Emmanuel Young - Guitar
Leon Horner - Bass
Duke Dawson - Drums
Harmonica Shah - Beer Patrol

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