ARTiST: Eric Bibb
TiTLE: Diamond Days
LABEL: TELARC
GENRE: Blues
TiME: 49:43 min
SiZE: 66,3 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Sep-25-2006
RELEASE DATE: Sep-25-2006
WEBSiTE: www.ericbibb.com
Track List:
01. Tall Cotton 03:27
02. Shine On 03:34
03. So Glad 03:45
04. Destiny Blues 03:54
05. Storybook Hero 02:44
06. Diamond Days 03:32
07. Dr Shine 03:34
08. Heading Home 03:36
09. In My Father's House [live] 05:18
10. Forgiveness Is Gold 04:33
11. Buckets Of Rain (Bob Dylan) 02:22
12. Still Livin' On/worried Man Blues 09:24
[traditional] [hidden Bonus Track]
Release Notes:
To call Eric Bibb a bluesman would be to
oversimplify things. This New York-born artist has
spent much of his career abroad and has a diverse
musical pedigree that's long enriched his take on
the genre. With revered jazz pianist John Lewis for
an uncle and singer/actor/activist Paul Robeson as
his godfather (Robeson's also the subject of a
tribute album Bibb recorded recently with his father
Leon), it's hardly surprising that he should have
such an eclectic store of influences.
'Diamond Days' digs deep into this rich heritage and
elsewhere for inspiration, kicking off with the
splendid Tall Cotton which features slinky
Congolese-style guitar from Kahanga 'Master Vumbi'
Dekula. Still Living On namechecks significant role
models like gospel icon Pops Staples and there's
more of that gospel flavour on So Glad. The
autobiographical Heading Home showcases Bibb's
storytelling skills, as does Dr Shine which finds
him convincingly mimicking the sales patter of a
shoe-shine boy. The only cover is Dylan's Buckets Of
Rain with Bibb's smooth, reassuring voice backed by
the finger-picking talents of Britfolk legend Martin
Simpson. There's more than a hint of bluegrass and
country here, a feel that's reprised on Worried Man
Blues.s
The arrangements are just as varied as the
inspirations, with Bibb's nimble baritone acoustic
and 12-string guitars augmented by hand-claps,
keyboards, harmonica, muted trumpet and even tuba in
a couple of places. Diamond Days is the sound of a
mature artist taking stock and finding there's
plenty of water left at the bottom of the well.
Track 12 contains a Hidden Track.