Description
Long Way from My Home is a solo album by the American singer, songwriter, and blues guitarist Glenn Kaiser of Resurrection Band fame, independently released on Grrr Records in 2016. The album was recorded by Ed Bialach at Studio B in Chicago, Illinois; with Glenn Kaiser producing and arranging.
Over the years, Chicago-based gospel blues veteran Glenn Kaiser has developed a penchant for building “found object” guitars and diddly bows – in other words, instruments made from cigar boxes, biscuit tins, chunks of wood and the like – and this release sees a number of Kaiser classics reinterpreted for this medium. As you would expect, this is a rough and ready affair but this suits both the chosen material and Kaiser’s earthy vocals down to the ground. From a playing sense, each songs sees Kaiser wrestle and win against each of his homemade instruments to pull off some gallant performances with an eerie interpretation of the traditional «This Train» and a raucous wah wah-infested take on Elvis’ «All Shook Up» working especially well – showing both ends of the spectrum in terms of what the man can do with his Heath Robinson inventions. Elsewhere, new songs such as «Love Bomb» and «News For The Blues» sit nicely next to old Kaiser/Mansfield favourites like the title track and the conscience-pricking «What You Did». Joe Filisko pops up on blues harp from time to time to augment the delightfully sparse proceedings whilst Kaiser ends this hugely enjoyable labour of love release with a vocal performance that has to be heard to be believed on the old spiritual «I’ll Fly Away». [Lins Honeyman, Cross Rhythms, December 2017]
CD tracklist:
01. Leavin’ Blues – 3:05
02. Love Bomb – 3:37
03. Live Your Life For A Change – 2:05
04. I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down – 3:26
05. Since I Laid My Burdens Down – 3:09
06. Long Way From My Home – 3:22
07. This Train – 4:18
08. In The Light Of The Morning Star – 3:49
09. All Shook Up – 2:56
10. News For The Blues – 3:22
11. What You Did – 3:52
12. I’ll Fly Away – 5:03
Note: Available at Bandcamp: https://glennkaiser.bandcamp.com/album/long-way-from-my-home
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