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All Night Long

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Hypnotic? Yes.
Deep? Yes.
Blues? Of Course.
Philip Glass? If he made a blues album it would not even come close to the beauty and groove found on this record.

Junior was a truly origianal musician. I haven't heard an artist ever who was as unique as he was. His guitar playing and vocals are intense and soulful. Junior's sense of verses and choruses is all his own. It seems almost improvised because, of how natural he makes it all feel.

Praise must also go to the other musicians who play alongside Junior. Gary Burnside plays bass and Kenny Malone plays drums.They blend perfectly with Junior. The playing of these three musicians is perfect.This is probably the best dance music I have ever heard and that is exactly what it was used for.

I've heard a lot of blues, but the late Junior Kimbrough's "All Night Long" has moved me more than anything I have heard in years. Three piece band, all single takes, and some of the purest, most honest blues I've ever heard. This music is haunting like Skip James maybe, and you won't soon forget it. My only regret is not having been able to see him live. You've gotta check it out.

Blues is really a genre of music that's in constantly actualization.The versatility of blues musicians to creates, inovates,is something that gives me all of the pleasure and this album is just like what i'm saying.
This is a fantastic album with great electric mix with the deeply
sounds from the birthplace of blues,the Mississipi Delta.This kind of sound is a new taste,something never did before,and we must recognize the efforts of Fat Possum Records staff to produces something so strong;so deep;so new,and old too!!!
This album is a treasure and Rolling Stones Magazine was right when rated this album among the 10 best blues albums of the decade,it's undobtedly true!!!
For me,specially a true bluesfan,we must say that blues will never die,and it's stronger than ever,the presence of new bluesbloods,mixing great rythms,creating something really new,all of this things renew my soul,and encourages me to follow my way to study and promotes this fantastic rythm,THE BLUES!!!!

Junior Kimbrough was the real thing. His music was, and will ever remain, orginal and distinctive. It gets down in your soul.

If you love the blues, buy anything Jr. Kimbrough ever did. It's not slick by any means, just good ol' Mississippi hill country music, dark and dangerous and wonderful. . . .

Just buy it. You'll never regret it.
I thought "Most Things..." was bomb, then I heard the deep groove of this record and was floored. Live to 2 track and directly into the inner Howlin' Wolf I know you have. It really is that sick.

No compromise and no issue. Junior Kimbrough drives you mad but you go back to his music again because the guy is tough, the pain is true.
Junior passed away because he could not go any further.

I first heard about Junior Kimbrough through the music of the Black Keys. Their cover of Everywhere I Go was so amazing, that I had to hear more of their influences and where they were coming from. When I was down in Mississippi at a blues festival, I managed to get this at a record store.

Junior Kimbrough is one of the most unique and original blues musicians ever. His style cannot be touched. The closest it comes to is John Lee Hooker, but even Hooker didn't come out with something so hypnotic and intense as this. Junior plays guitar in a natural, unpolished way. He doesn't play anything complicated, but in a way, it is complicated. The bass and drums rumble along with the hypnotic riffs that Junior pulls out, and the short guitar solos are just icing on the cake.

There isn't one bad track on the album, but standouts would have to be "You Better Run," a hair-raising song about rape, "All Night Long," with its creepy intro, and "Meet Me In The City," another song you just don't want to end.

Granted, this is not for beginners. Part of the charm of Kimbrough is through listening to the more popular bluesman, and then going to Kimbrough's music. But when you do, you'll be richly rewarded.

There is something strange and primative about the beats laid down by Kimbrough and his band. A view into what the blues may have sounded like 50 years ago, but amp'ed up. It's tough to pull yourself away from this sound. Liner notes by Robert Palmer are also great. If you are looking for soemthing different, but great, check out this album.

...It would probabaly sound like "All Night Long." Junior Kimbrough purveyed a style of blues unlike anything else in contemporary music. Traditional western notions of what constitutes music held little sway with Kimbrough; his art was non-linear. Based on subtle shifts in rhythm and dense, overlapping layers of sound, Kimbrough's music was devoid of conventional melody or chord structue. This is demanding stuff, and "All Night Long" may-at first listen-strike many as cryptic. However, given repeated exposure, tracks like "Meet Me in the City" and "Slow Lightning" sink their hooks in deep.

If you're new to the blues genre, reading these high-toned reviews would lead you to believe that this is one of the greatest blues albums of all time. That would be taking it a bit too far. This is the kind of album that would be more enjoyed by people who have already heard all the Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Sonny Boy Williamson, and other greats to adnauseam. And now, are desperately searching for a fresh new sound.

Given the lackluster talent of the next generation of blues artists, Fat Possum reached into the depths of obscurity to try and resolve the issue. Enter Junior Kimbrough, who's gritty voice and edgy guitar come together quite nicely, and create a strange sonorous appeal. The sound of this album is decent, but it doesn't even rank when I consider the best blues albums to sit down and listen to. So, my advice is, if you are relatively new to the blues arena, check out this album only after you have visited the previously mentioned blues greats, and worn out all their material.