Description
Dusty King James: Bound for Glory is a multi-artist compilation featuring blues tracks by mostly American blues artists, released on Full Armor Productions in 2013.
Seven of the cuts come from the band members listed in the first track (along with Dennis Gulley on bass and Daryl Burgess on drums) and was recorded for this CD together while the other four bring the lead artists and their bands into the mix.
Dusty King James is a well-rounded blues anthology ranging from the rock-influenced Glenn Kaiser («Crossroads») to the gospelly honky-tonk blues of Mudcat («I Want to be Ready») and everything in-between. Kaiser isn’t the only blues-rock veteran on the album – the welcome sound of Larry Howard, laying a low-down groove on «Real Miracle Man», is a real treat for Southern blues fans.
Along with a smattering of originals, standards like «This Train», «John the Revelator», and «Since I Laid My Burdens Down» make this collection a nice mix of the old and the new – all done with respect to one blues tradition or another, from the bayou to the inner city. The overall result is an easy-going blues primer with a traditional gospel message that never gets particularly intense but certainly brings a dusty, down-home bluesy feeling.
Dusty King James has a dirt-road charm about it that sets it apart from the slick guitar-slinging speed players that tend to get a lot of the attention in blues circles these days but seem to have lost the roots of the blues along the way. This is a nice companion piece to The 77s’ Trimmed and Burnin’ and Kevin Max’s tribute to the roots of contemporary gospel, The Blood. The album’s sub-title might be ‘Bound For Glory,’ but it’s also bound for your CD player if you’re into the blues. [Bert Saraco, The Phantom Tollbooth, 19 February 2014]
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CD tracklist:
01. Mark Bush – Dusty King James – 4:11
02. Glenn Kaiser – Crossroads – 5:10
03. Mudcat (Danny Dudeck) – I Wanna Be Ready – 4:40
04. Russell Gulley – John The Revelator – 3:55
05. Larry Howard – Real Miracle Man – 5:16
06. Johnny Neel – This Train – 3:59
07. Glenn Kaiser – Since I Laid My Burdens Down – 3:30
08. Russell Gulley – No Holds Barred – 4:42
09. Maz Mitrenko – The River – 2:37
10. Johnny Neel – Maybe Jesus – 3:37
11. Mark Bush – Still Got Time – 4:15
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