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He jammed on guitar and keyboard for the pioneering rock-funk-ska band Fishbone for eight years and has toured and recorded with artists as acclaimed and diverse as Miles Davis, Eminem, Dr. Dré, Nikka Costa, Bruce Hornsby and Everlast. His 2003 self-titled debut as a frontman earned raves in the New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, and Rolling Stone.
Now John "JB" Bigham, aka The Soul of John Black, turns his prodigous talents to The Good Girl Blues, a "funky blend of blues, soul, and rock" that merges rootsy, bluesy fundamentals with modern soul, funk, and hip-hop influences.
From "The Hole," a wailing 21st century re-imagination of a 100-year-old field holler, to the old-school, uptown soul vibe of "I Got Work", to "Slipin' and Slidin,'" an instrumental with a mysterious backbeat highlighted by DJ Phizz Ed on turntables, Bigham's sly, intimate vocals and unique guitar technique on acoustic, electric and slide provide the unforgettable groove.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A different take on blues,
This review is from: The Good Girl Blues (Audio CD)
Yes, Fishbone's John Bigham decided to make a blues record. His previous album as "The Soul of John Black" was more of a straight-forward soul album with his always tasteful guitar work. This one is different. Of course, the idea of mixing funk and blues is nothing new. Anybody who remembers the first few Funkadelic albums knows that funk started out much closer to the blues anyway. Really, Bigham is just trying to remind the blues of one of its offspring. The album is generally quite successful, and as one would expect from the Fishbone guitarists, Bigham always has a few surprises. What is most interesting here is his use of an acoustic guitar in a setting in which one would expect electric. I am reminded a bit of some of Chris Thomas King's efforts in a similar vein, but Bigham brings more straight funk into the mix, whereas CTK tried, with varying degrees of success, to incorporate hip hop. I never liked hip hop, but I love funk, so this album works for me more than CTKs, but anyone with adventerous taste in blues should check this one out. As a warning to Fishbone fans, though, if you are expected the funk/ska/punk/rock of Angelo Moore and company, this isn't it. This is a blues album with heavy strains of funk.
Fans of this one should also check out Mofro (particularly, the Lochloosa album), Ash Grunwald's "Give Signs", Eric Lindell, Scrapomatic, the John Butler Trio, John Mooney, and maybe Snooks Eaglin for some old-school New Orleans funk-blues.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
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This CD is awesome!!!! I heard track 1
(The Hole) on a local blues radio station here in the DMV (DC,MD,VA)area and just had to hear what this artist was about. I must say that I was completely overwhelmed. WoW!!!!!Get this cd and you will not be dissapointed. The industry is so watered down, rarely will you find a CD with track after track of good music. If Miles liked this guy (John Bigham) you know thats whats up.........
4.0 out of 5 stars
more soul than blues,
By Narizdura La Carretera (El Lay, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Good Girl Blues (Audio CD)
... and that's a good thang. i don't buy blues albums very often anymore, in fact almost never. this cd has much more in common with the 1st soul of john black cd than it does blues in general -- and thankfully so. in fact the only songs on the album that can be called blues in the structural sense are 'the moon blues' and 'deez blues'. my fave: feelins
not quite as funky as the original, which is still the gold standard for these guys.
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