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- Date Released: July 9, 2002
- Genre: Blues
- Style: Delta Blues
- Label: Fat Possum Records
The most menacing of the Mississippi bluesmen
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We Say...
Kimbrough, who made his first album (though not his first sides) in 1992 and died in 1998, is the most galvanizing — and menacing — of the recently-discovered Mississippi Hill Country bluesmen; he played with a glint in his eyes that seemed both evil and satisfied. Seeing him in person could be as frightening as it was liberating; hearing him on record was only slightly less so. You Better Run gathers the cream of his five Fat Possum albums.
His electrified, one-chord country blues is physical before it is anything else; it pounds simultaneously at the heart and the gut. It is primordial boogie — elemental (but with ornate flourishes), hypnotic, both ancient and rightnow. The sound is both loose and tightly focused. Usually working with just a rhythm section that tries to adapt to and keep up with him, rather than setting the beat, Kimbrough carves out deep one-chord grooves of his own, then elaborates with biting, incisive guitar licks and deeply felt vocalizing. Because the music is so repetitive, many find it monotonous. But such listeners are simply unreceptive to his particular groove; leave yourself open to it and this stuff will envelop you like musical quicksand.
Be it the feverish, nightmarish rape fantasy of the mysterious "You Better Run," the fat, rounded guitar tones of "Meet Me in the City," the jagged, controlled chaos of "Sad Days and Lonely Nights" or the unbridled lust of "All Night Long," Kimbrough has a way of grabbing hold and not letting go. Believe it. -
They Say...
Gathering the best of his all-too-brief recording career, You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough includes most of his best-known songs, including "Done Got Old," "Meet Me in the City," "You Better Run," and "All Night Long." The collection does a good job of representing each of Kimbrough's albums, ranging from the rough-and-ready sound of All Night Long; Sad Days, Lonely Nights' dark, swampy feel (exemplified here by the title track and "Old Black Mattie"); the dense sonics of Most Things Haven't Worked Out's title track; and the gritty, uncompromising edge to God Knows I Tried's "Tramp." For anyone unsure where to dive into Kimbrough's catalog, You Better Run offers the ideal starting point.
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| 01. |  |
Release Me |
5:21 |
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| 02. | |
All Night Long |
5:53 |
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| 03. | |
Meet Me In The City |
3:12 |
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| 04. | |
You Better Run |
7:35 |
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| 05. | |
Done Got Old |
2:38 |
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| 06. | |
Sad Days Lonely Nights |
4:23 |
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| 07. | |
Old Black Mattie |
6:39 |
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| 08. | |
Most Things Haven't Worked Out |
6:06 |
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| 09. | |
I'm Leaving You Baby |
3:27 |
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| 10. | |
Keep On Braggin' |
5:16 |
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| 11. | |
Tramp |
5:40 |
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| 12. | |
Nobody But You |
4:57 |
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12 Total Tracks, 61:07 Total Length
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Credits
- Charlie Feathers - Guitar // Charlie Feathers - Vocals // Charlie Feathers - Engineer // Junior Kimbrough - Guitar // Junior Kimbrough - Guitar // Junior Kimbrough - Vocals // Junior Kimbrough - Vocals // Junior Kimbrough - Engineer // Junior Kimbrough - Engineer // Junior Kimbrough - Main Performer // Junior Kimbrough - Main Performer // Kenny Brown - Guitar // Kenny Brown - Guitar // Garry Burnside - Bass // John Hermann - Producer // Kenny Malone - Drums // Robbie Norris - Producer // Robbie Norris - Engineer // Dale Beavers - Bass // Anthony DeCurtis - Liner Notes // Anthony DeCurtis - Executive Producer // Bruce Watson - Producer // Bruce Watson - Engineer // David Barry - Photography
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