I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Fight On! True Blues Vol 2, by Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and Guy Davis and it's pure roots blues. Opening with We Are Almost Down To The Shore (Fight On) is written by Jimmy Strother and originally on banjo but adapted by Cory Harris to guitar, presented in a Piedmont finger style accompanying Harris on vocals. Solid opener. See Me When You Can is performed in Delta style by Guy Davis on vocal and acoustic guitar. His finger work is strong and confident and his vocals rich and sincere. Very nice. Harris wrote clever rag, What's That I Smell, with cool, laid back finger work on acoustic guitar and great vocal delivery by Harris. Alvin Youngblood Hart takes over on original composition, If The Blues Was Money. The track has just the right texture with authentic delta style guitar work and Hart's own vocals. Very cool. On Rev Gary Davis', I Belong To The Band, Harris' very strong vocals alone give this a new texture. Gary Davis' lower octave had it's own signature and Harris' higher octave is really quite nice with firm acoustic guitar picking. Guy Davis wraps the release with Elizabeth Cotten's Everything I Got s Done In Pawn. Davis reworked Cotten's Shake Sugaree adding additional verses and imagining himself as Blind Willie McTell on guitar. This is particularly successful with a jangly acoustic guitar. Strong closer. (In case you're wondering, yes, that's the legendary Jack Johnson on the cover).
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