Shine Eyed Mister Zen

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:57:47
Personnel: Kelly Joe Phelps (vocals, guitar); Dave Mathis (harmonica). Recorded at The Barley Cap, Portland, Oregon. Personnel: Dave Mathis (harmonica). Audio Mixer: Riley Wilson. Recording information: The Barley Cap, Portland, OR. For his third album, 1999's SHINE EYED MISTER ZEN, folk/blues guitarist Kelly Joe Phelps both expands and contracts his musical vision. Recorded almost solo--Dave Mathis blows harmonica on two tracks--at a club in Portland, Oregon, the new material here stretches far afield from the comparatively traditional songs on his first two albums, LEAD ME ON and ROLL AWAY THE STONE. The lengthy "House Carpenter" opens the album with some stinging acoustic slide guitar and Phelps' oblique yet evocative lyrics, followed by the pretty folk ballad "River Rat Jimmy." The album continues to alternate between Delta-style country blues like the John Lee Hookerish "Piece by Piece" and folkier songs including a lovely version of Leadbelly's classic "Goodnight Irene" that somehow finds something new in this much-recorded tune. The newfound folk influence is an intriguing new direction for Phelps.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)