Lightnin' Slim - Winter Time Blues [Recorded 1962-1965] (1998)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 206 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 154 MB | Covers - 30 MB
Genre: Blues, Louisiana Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Ace Records (CDCHD 674)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 206 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 154 MB | Covers - 30 MB
Genre: Blues, Louisiana Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Ace Records (CDCHD 674)
Winter Time Blues collects some of Lightnin' Slim's later singles for the Excello label, and while it might be hard to believe, these tracks sound positively lush when placed next to his earlier sides. Not that anything here is too fancy, but these songs at least have recorded basslines (the early singles were just Slim on electric guitar and vocals, accompanied by a drummer and a harmonica player, usually Lazy Lester) and the occasional added wash of an organ for texture. Truthfully, part of Slim's appeal is his nerve-bare starkness, and these later tracks show less of that, although the chilling bayou voodoo of "I'm Evil," included here, makes it one of his most powerful songs.