Stackhouse Recording artist: Memphis Gold - Pickin' In High Cotton - New Release Review
I just received the new Memphis Gold release, Pickin' In High Cotton and it's quite interesting. The recording opens with How You Gonna Play The Blues which really has a lot of the characteristics of original delta music and a strong rhythm of Africa and Mali although Memphis Gold has a much more refined voice. Robert Lighthouse plays some really tasty slide work under of a good part of this release. Drums are primarily handled by Eric "High Cotton" Selby throughout. Next up is Biscuit Boogie which is a little acoustic blues with guitar, harp and voice. Again with polish but keeping to the basics. Interesting dynamics. Don't Take My Blues Away is a more modern sounding track (because the instruments are in tune and sound expensive) but again with the feelings of early blues. MG has a strong singing style and smooth voice and has a style similar to Taj Mahal on tis track if I could say anyone. He is joined by Mariah Moore on vocals on this track. Sounds rea...