During my recent trip down the Mississippi Blues Trail, I walked up to the counter at Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art in downtown Clarksdale and asked the proprietor "What's the hot local CD these days?" and he directed me to this recent release from Big A Sherrod, a Clarksdale native shaped by the Delta Blues Museum’s after-school program. Albeit brief (28 minutes), it is certainly a highly enjoyable album with a fusion of blues, soul, R&B, and funk. Modern Delta blues recorded straight to tape in the very place they were born.
More on Sherrod here. Fun fact: Big A was born on my 18th birthday.
Tracks: 5 raw originals, cut in just two hours in a Clarksdale storefront. They're all good, but the centerpiece is track 4, My Life, a bluesy, soulful, autobiographical track.
Personal Memory Associated with this CD: see above
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