Back at the Crossroads Project

Brother Yusef | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 15, 2003)
• Original Release Date: July 11, 2000
• Label: Fattback Unlimited
• ASIN: B00004UES4
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #473,792 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Get Outta Town

2. Blues Is My Story

3. Ife's Blues

4. Power of the Blue

5. Love and the Blues

6. Back at the Crossroads

7. Bottom Blues

8. Shoes of Another Man

9. Freedom Train Blues

10. What's Up Blues

11. Bakersfield Blues

12. Sweet Woman Tonite

13. Lucky Thirteen Blues

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This guy should be huge!!!!, December 3, 2003

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G. Zaehringer (Ventura, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Back at the Crossroads Project (Audio CD)

So there I am wandering through Downtown Disney at night, spending and eating more than I should, when I hear this incredible blues guitar from a street musician. My son and I stop to watch and listen, and after a couple of songs in which my jaw is hanging open in disbelief, I turn to my son and say, "This guy's so good it's scary." Two guys walked right up to him while he was playing and leaned over so they could get a better look at his fret work. Why he's on a sidewalk hawking his CD instead of being featured at the House of Blues 100 feet away is beyond me, but if there is a just God - and there must be, if for no other reason than Brother Yousef EXISTS - this guy will become BIG.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST FOR ANY TRUE BLUES LOVER, September 7, 2000

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TERESA HALL (IRVINE, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Back at the Crossroads Project (Audio CD)

I recently purchased this CD and by far it is my FAVORITE! Brother Yusef states he devoted all his energy to the study of the earliest forms of music, and he has definitely acheieved this. Every song takes you on a journey and really reaches you, a couple of my favorites are "Power of the Blues" and "Back at the Crossroads". The combination of his vocals, acoustic guitar and foot stomping is something for all blue lovers to experience. Brother Yusef has all original songs that take you back to the roots of the blues and tells a story of pain and suffering as well as joy! Looking forward to his next cd and his live performance!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars REAL BLUES,YES!, March 20, 2001

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Avalon Don "Avalon Don" (Huntington Beach, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Back at the Crossroads Project (Audio CD)

Brother Yusef "The Fattback Bluesman" is the BLUES. "Back at the Crossroads" is the closest sound you'll ever hear to another time when blues was played sitting on rocking chairs in the 1930's. This is a one take, no overdubbing, footstomping acoustic guitar showcase for one talented musician. Yusef points out in song that the blues can be found anywhere, even "Bakersfield". I also like Keb Mo', but this is more real and raw.