When Lightnin' Struck the Pine

Cedell Davis (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 20, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fast Horse
• ASIN: B00006EXDU
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,042 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Pay to Play

2. Come On and Ride with Me

3. Woke Up This Morning

4. So Long, I Hate to See You Go

5. Give Me That Look

6. Love Me a Little While

7. Cold Chills

8. One of These Days

9. Propaganda

10. Rub Me Baby

11. Hold Me Baby

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Superstars take a back seat to a genius, March 24, 2006

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T. McCool "old married guy" (Lafayette, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When Lightnin' Struck the Pine (Audio CD)

Considering that Cedell Davis is confined to a wheelchair and has limited use of his arms and hands, due to childhood polio, makes him and his music even more incredible. Using a common butter knife and playing left-handed, Cedell creates a slide guitar sound like no other blues guitarist. The uneven pressure of the knife against the fretboard creates a sometimes haunting metallic whine, that for a moment seems out of tune, but at the same time melodic. There's really no words to describe this.

The "superstars" behind CeDell stay behind CeDell, Oh, did I mention the man can sing the blues with the best of them? His gruff vocals are just as enigmatic as his guitar playing. Rough and smooth, howling and melodic, his voice is the perfect accompaniment to his guitar, and both link CeDell to the early Delta blues of his native Mississippi.

If you're looking for something unsual and special in blues music, this is it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Real Rough Blues, January 28, 2012

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Peter D. Page (Wickenburg, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When Lightnin' Struck the Pine (Audio CD)

What makes this one so good, other than the raw lyrics and even more raw guitar slinging of Mr. Davis, is the back-up musicians. Great, great juke-joint music on every track.