God Knows I Tried

Junior Kimbrough | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 1, 1998)
• Original Release Date: August 25, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fat Possum Records
• ASIN: B000008UN0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,148 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Media Type: CD
Artist: KIMBROUGH,JUNIOR
Title: GOD KNOWS I TRIED
Street Release Date: 08/25/1998
Domestic
Genre: BLUES

Customer Reviews

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Country Down Home Blues, June 30, 2000

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vernadean hamilton (inglewood, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: God Knows I Tried (Audio CD)

this album can be placed with any country down home blues music .I have watch my mother-in-law laugh,dance,drink,and play bid-whisk all nite long to this kind of music. Being from northern louisiana she has shown me the best of the blues. Listening to "I CRIED LAST NITE" reminds me of her so much, the sound of the guitar along with the moaning and pleading of Junior is definitly what she loved and grew up on. She, is also gone now but her memory of good country down home blues, Will always live on in my soul. Due to songs produce by Junior Kimbrough , I name my last daugther Kimberly. God blessed this talented man, and he named the record just right "God Knows I Tried". This one belongs in the blues hall of fame.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delta Blues the Right Way, October 21, 2001

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Dr. Charles Wagoner (Cleveland, Mississippi United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: God Knows I Tried (Audio CD)

I spent part of a night recently in a road house in the middle of the Mississippi Delta shooting pool, drinking beer, and listening to Junior Kimbrough's "God Knows I tried" CD. The mixture was sublime.

This disc is an eclectic posthumous collection of some of Junior's classic guitar work and his completely authentic blues vocals. Even though Junior Kimbrough was not OF the Delta (he was raised in the Northern Mississippi hills) he understood what the Delta Blues are.

The first track "You're Gonna Find Your Mistake" wails. The "All Night Long" instumental is proof positive that Junior was one of the most important blues guitarists of the 20th century.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great collection, July 9, 2004

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N. Langston (Sarasota, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: God Knows I Tried (Audio CD)

Okay, the main reason I got this was Because I had Heard the song "Tramp" before and loved it. So I figured I should just get the real thing. It is wonderfull My favorite song is "Tramp". But close Behind is the "All Night Long" (Instrumental). This track just proves that A song can still be extreamly complex, even if it is only made of one cord. The bass part on "All night Long"(instrumental) is great. Gary Burnside Manages to double Junior's guitar, Walk all over the over the neck of his bass, and still keep a solid groove going.