Me My Guitar and the Blues

Chris Thomas King | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 16, 2000)
• Original Release Date: May 16, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blind Pig
• ASIN: B00004SR1I
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,221 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars VERY modern blues!, May 22, 2000

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CLARENCE J BUCARO (Columbus, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Me My Guitar and the Blues (Audio CD)

Chris Thomas King is a very talented musician who has put out some very good albums in the past. His latest "Me, My Guitar and the Blues," is not strictly blues, and blues purists would not be happy. The absence of authentic drums and a player really takes away from what this album could have been. King has put many different modern elements in this album that take the raw feeling out of this album. Infact, during "Born Under a Bad Sign," King raps a verse and on "Cain" he raps nearly the entire song. The songs are good, very catchy. The drum kit could have been left behind I think though. There is a very modern day R&B feel to this album. I could swear I have heard the title track on MTV's jams before, it is a beautiful song none-the-less.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ACOUSTIC BLUES THAT RELIEVES, November 25, 1999

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Baris Buyukokutan (radio bogazici, Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Me, My Guitar, and the Blues (Audio CD)

Chris Thomas King is an interesting bluesman: In his music he combines hip-hop, rock, blues and R&B. His is a very honest kind of music: Although he is very familiar with the essentials of the blues ( a very nice reinterpretation of Robert Johnson is in the album ),King doesn't stick to the forms and customs of past decades and enriches his music with many other elements from different kinds. "Cain" is the best example for such fusion. But what I find King most successful in is blues ballads: Take my word and listen to "Stay Just As You Are" and "Me, My Guitar & the Blues". You'll hear a new kind of blues; one that doesn't sound like the golden oldies but is fresh and promising, one that will make you admit that the blues is not dead.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Take a listen to Chris Thomas King, February 25, 2001

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booknblueslady (Woodland, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Me My Guitar and the Blues (Audio CD)

I immediately bought Me, My Guitar and the Blues because Chris Thomas King's previous cd Red Mud was so good. I was expecting great things from the son of blues man Tabby Thomas. King switched labels with this albums and appears to be experimenting with sounds and styles with this cd.

Chris Thomas King starts with a haunting minor key blues song called Why Blues. In this song he uses some scratching techniques. He includes a couple of soul inspired songs - Stay Just as You are and You are My Heaven. These are not to my taste. He also has a rap styled song called Cain. His straight up blues are excellent. Like Father, like Son, Gambling woman, Bourban Street Blues and Stones in My Passway are excellent.

I applaud King for experimenting with sounds and hope he finds a groove that is comfortable for both himself and blues fans.