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KIRK
FLETCHER "SHADES OF BLUE"
Source: Southland Blues
Magazine
Date: 11/2004
Writer : Jim
Santella |
Guitarist
Kirk "Eli" Fletcher is quite
familiar to Southland fans and collectors. His name
appears alongside 2000 Lbs. Of Blues, James Harman,
Joe Houston, Johnny Dyer, Finis Tasby, and Kid Ramos,
on their contemporary projects. His driving guitar gives
every situation a healthy kick. For his project, it’s
the electric blues of the 1950s and 1960s: the blues
pioneered by Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon.
Kim Wilson guests on about half the program with soulful
openness. He sings and adds harmonica splendor to the
session – the kind of lyrical action that stays
with you long after the CD player has stopped. Janiva
Magness and Finis Tasby each add a handful of vocals
to Fletcher’s session, too. They complement the
band with the kind of blues that relates to our every
day. You can feel what they say. It’s all about
the way we live our lives.
Fletcher’s soulful guitar interludes bring each
vocal number home. His instrumental features rock with
soulful intensity. Finally available in the U.S., this
release has been augmented with three bonus tracks:
a lovely acoustic take of "Don’t Go No Further,"
an alternate take of his instrumental gem "Club
Zanzibar with Wilson," and a rockin’ conversation
with Magness on "You Don’t Know." Once
again, vocalist and guitarist trade choruses with driving,
blues authority. Recommended, Fletcher’s album
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