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| Artist : Kenny Neal |
| Album : Let Life Flow |
| Bitrate : VBR kbps |
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| Label : Blind Pig |
| Year : 2008 |
| Genre : Blues |
| Rip date : Jul-29-2008 |
| Store date : May-06-2008 |
| Size : 73,4 MB |
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|Track Listing: |
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| 01 - Let Life Flow 04:38 |
| 02 - Blues, Leave Me Alone 05:03 |
| 03 - You've Got To Hurt Before You Heal 05:15 |
| 04 - Louisiana State 04:23 |
| 05 - Starlight Diamond 03:17 |
| 06 - Another Man's Cologne 04:50 |
| 07 - Broken Dreams 04:51 |
| 08 - Bleeding Heart 04:04 |
| 09 - Since I Met You Baby 04:55 |
| 10 - Fly Away 04:39 |
| 11 - It Don't Make Sense You Can't Make Peace 04:16 |
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| 50:11 min |
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| Son of Louisiana bluesman Raful Neal, young Kenny had some big shoes to |
| fill, but he's been more than up to the task. He plays bass, guitar, |
| trumpet, piano and guitar, and worked in Toronto with the Downchild |
| Blues Band as well as with his siblings in the Neal Brothers Band before |
| returning to Louisiana in 1987 to cut his debut, Bio on the Bayou. Since |
| then Neal has continued to blend his swampy roots with soul and R&B to |
| put his own contemporary spin on the blues. Let Life Flow finds the 50- |
| year-old bluesman in fine voice delivering four originals and seven |
| covers. Neal accents "Louisiana Stew" with a long, jaunty, country |
| flavored harp solo, while on "Fly Away" he drops a bit of sage spiritual |
| advice into the mix. His Memphis-style guitar fills accent the tune, but |
| it's his gospel drenched vocals that standout. The title track has a |
| soulful '70s feel, with Neal's Al Green influenced vocal, and subtle |
| horn accents from Joe Campbell's trumpet and LeRoy Harper's sax. "Since |
| I Met You Baby," the Ivory Joe Hunter chestnut gets taken back to its |
| blues roots by Neal's gritty delivery. His mellow guitar solo, full of |
| slow bent notes and full round tones complement Lucky Peterson's rolling |
| piano work. "It Don't Make Sense, You Can't Make Peace," a Willie Dixon |
| tune, has a swampy groove with a slight Latin tinge, mournful backing |
| vocals, and Neal's sanctified lead vocal. "Another Man's Cologne" tells |
| a familiar story of infidelity. Neal's sneering, slightly bemused vocal |
| and stinging guitar tell the sad story to a funky backbeat. "You've Got |
| to Hurt Before You Heal," another simmering slow blues, lets Neal show |
| off his soulful vocal style with Peterson supplying sanctified organ |
| work. Neal is in fine voice throughout and his understated bluesy guitar |
| works fine, but nothing here really catches fire. |
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