7/28/2007

Chris Spector

I remember all the static Bruce Iglauer got when he moved Alligator from Hound Dog Taylor to Delbert McClinton in recognition that you have to keep moving and Yellow Dog might be in line for the same static as well. John Black, aka John Bigham, was a member of Fishbone for 8 years, played with Miles Davis, Nikka Costa, Emenem and everyone else so you know he’s picked up and deepened a few chops along the way. Forging a new career in the blues, Black/Bigham has made a set that’s just driving me nuts. Drawing on Koerner Ray & Glover as much as Muddy Waters, this is next wave blues/soul that came from the south side of somewhere that’s probably as much a state of mind as it is a physical location. Wonderful stuff for young, proto-blues fans that don’t get what the old stuff is about and wonder what Muddy is talking about when he says he’s “a main” but do know there’s something going on they want to get closer to. Now go cure those jellyroll blues and step into the future. Killer stuff.