(waving my hands frantically up and down)
People!
Pay attention!! A new discovery!
We have two queues in our life: Netflix and yourmusic.com. I try to keep the three occupants of our home happy with what comes in the mail from these queues. In truth, the choices are stacked about 3:1 in my favor (i.e. the guys are exceedingly weary with medieval period films). The point is that I
occasionally attempt to get what they'd like.
In the music department, my husband wanted a little less of Vaughn Williams and a little more of Stevie Ray Vaughn. So I was checking out the Blues when this album cover caught my eye. The blurb snagged my interest like a shirt on a barbed-wire fence.
Steve Leggett in All Music Guide says:
It features his fine acoustic guitar playing
and his soothing, nuanced singing, and it shows an increasingly
improving songwriter as well, and the whole affair is all wrapped up
with a patient, quietly joyous, and ultimately positive vibe. Bibb's
version of the blues has always been like that, patient and positive,
and it serves as a reminder that the blues isn't necessarily always
about despair, darkness, and ominous guitar riffs but is also built on
the concept of survival and moving forward, on the idea of getting
through tough times and reaching brighter days. In Bibb's hands the
blues becomes sustaining, moving closer to the spiritual uplift of
gospel, and the often shaky division between Saturday night blues and
Sunday morning praise drops away here.
patient and positive - I like that
The Amazon.com product description:
Time and again over the past three decades and beyond, Bibb has
demonstrated his ability to not only capture those singular moments
when the spiritual and the everyday come together, but also extract the
priceless nuggets of truth and wisdom that emerge from those moments.
Diamond Days is filled with just such gems.
the spiritual and the everyday come together - yes!
Take some time, when you can, to listen to the selections
here or
here. The music is quiet, acoustical guitar with a dose of funky blues cadences or rhythms added in. When my CD arrives it will get a lot of play time.
If yourmusic.com interests you (one CD a month at $6.99 + free shipping and handling), consider involving me in the process of subscribing [I get a free CD when a friend subscribes][message me and I'll email you]. We sure enjoy yourmusic; it's a monthly taste of Christmas, a little touch of frugal, and a small bit of splurge -- all wrapped in one package a month.
I'm always late to the party - has anyone else heard of Eric Bibb? Any fans out there?
Comments (3)
Sorry...not familiar with this fellow. But I am listening to the Amazon sampler on your recommendation.
Dana in GA
Have not heard of him- you may want to try Brenda Russell for "positive blues", too. She's on Amazon.com...