Jimmy "Duck" Holmes - Catfish Blues

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Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, Mississippi's rural blues guitarist!
In a small rural town called Bentonia, Mississippi, with a population of less than 1,000 people, an elemental tension of American music continues to exist in a pure and vital way. Within the Delta blues canon, Bentonia's sound is ethereal, scary and intensely personal, known for its meditative beat, minor open guitar tuning and lyrical themes whose concerns revolve around the struggle with the devil, death and the times. difficult. In many ways, music is as relevant today as when the region's indelible songs were first sung during the Great Depression. Originated by Henry Stuckey in the 1920s and made famous by Skip James during the blues renaissance, the sound of Bentonia was broadcast by several other local artists, including Jacob Stuckey, Cornelius Bright and Jack Owens, who used to play harmonica player Bud Spiers. . Owens passed the torch to Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, who is considered to be the last active lineage musician. Through Holmes, music continues to generate a growing fan base of blues lovers who travel from around the world to listen to authentically played music - in Bentonia, at Blue Front Cafe, which is America's oldest Juke Joint. Even at 72, Holmes continues to expand his listener base. Jimmy “Duck” Holmes is one of Mississippi's last old-fashioned blues practitioners. Holmes kept that sound alive in his own juke joint and on a series of records in the 2000s, but the 2019 album Cypress Grove was designed as a vehicle for introducing bluesman to a wider audience. Dan Auerbach, the Black Keys vocalist and head of the studio and record label Easy Eye Sound, led the project, taking Holmes to Nashville to record with several bands, including guitarist Marcus King. The album "Cypress Grove" is anchored by tradition - which is natural as Holmes is the last of the original country style torch bearers known as the Bentonia blues. One of Bentonia's blues concepts is that songs are rarely played the same way twice. Hence the appearance of blues archetypes such as Robert Petway's "Catfish Blues", which has been reconstructed and transmogrified since its inception in 1941 by a number of artists, including Muddy Waters, ZZ Top, Gary Clark Jr., and Gov't Mule, and is the inspiration for Jimi Hendrix. Although Holmes manages "Catfish Blues" - in fact he is the backbone of all the songs on the album - Auerbach's stabbed, fat downy accents bring a visceral advantage to this Delta-born theme, often associated with Muddy Waters and Jimi Hendrix. Auerbach's presence can be felt most strongly in the single "Catfish Blues". Against a heavy riff and a catchy beat, the song features a melodic guitar solo that is psychedelic to the point of being a carrier. In this blues pattern, Holmes, Auerbach and company manage to add some wonderfully unpredictable touches. But I thank Auerbach for capturing this primal blues song played with the seemingly unrehearsed loose power and hypnotic strength that most will never experience unless they enter the Holmes club on a sweaty Saturday night. Cypress Grove is as close as you can get to one of the latest authentic juke joints without being there, a sincere tribute to one of Bentonia's last sound keepers. The crudity of Holmes's approach and the sheer domestic intensity of everything here can be very rigid and unfiltered for most listeners. The album does not attempt to outperform the current generation, but attempts to amplify its characteristics so that listeners have fun. It is a modernization of his sound, but not an arrogance; if anything, maybe it's Holmes's best blues accomplishment. If you are new to the Bentonia tradition, this disk will serve as a wonderfully affordable gateway. If you already know and love the style, Cypress Grove offers a respectful yet creative experience that is both timeless and contemporary. At the very least, it is certainly the most lively and daring album he has ever made.
Jimmy "Duck" Holmes - Guitar, Vocals
 Dan Auerbach - Guitar
 Marcus King - Guitar
 Eric Deaton - Bass
Sam Bacco - Drums
Release Year: 2019
Label: Easy Eye Sound
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