Mule

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Total Tracks: 10   Total Length: 46:07

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Another great contemporary delta bluesman

jeffersonh

Fat Possum does it again -- Paul "Wine" Jones rocks the house, your stereo, your cd player, your i-pod, whatever. His soul is larger than technology

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Like many artists on the Fat Possum label, Paul “Wine” Jones was discovered by rock critic Robert Palmer. A professional welder, Jones released his first album, Mule, in 1995, although the record is much rawer than most ’90s blues record. Gritty and greasy, Mule is driven by Jones’ simple, pounding guitar rhythms, which are occasionally embellished by guitarists Big Jack “The Oil Man” Johnson and Kenny Brown, who play on two tracks each. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine