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艺人

Cephas & Wiggins

语种

英语

厂牌

Alligator

发行时间

2002年09月17日

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专辑介绍

by Hal Horowitz

The acoustic duo's first album in three years doesn't substantially alter the twosome's established game plan. But its well-recorded mix of studio and live tracks -- including one with a full yet laid-back band -- shows them to be at the top of their form. Combining traditional Delta and Piedmont blues and gospel classics like Robert Johnson's &Last Fair Deal Going Down& (a concert staple that finally makes it to disc), Blind Boy Fuller's salty, suggestive &Something Smells,& and Skip James' &Sick Bed Blues& with their similarly styled originals proves they are not stuck in the past, even as they revel in visiting and interpreting it. John Cephas' &The Pimp in the Pink Suit,& with its cowboy chorus, could just as well have been written in the '30s. Phil Wiggins shines on &Burn Your Bridges,& an instrumental showcase for his lip-shredding harmonica gymnastics that is as compelling as anything from the great Sonny Terry, an obvious influence. While the torchy, supper club jazz of &Darkness on the Delta& (featuring Tal Farlow on guitar) is an interesting tangent, it doesn't really fit with the rest of the more roots-oriented material. But with their devotion to authentic ragtime, folk, deep blues, and religious music, Somebody Told the Truth is another uncompromising entry into Cephas & Wiggins' exceptional catalog.