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Lead Me On - Kelly Joe Phelps
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  1. I've Been Converted]
  2. Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
  3. Where Do I Go Now
  4. Love Me Baby Blues
  5. Lead Me On
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  1. I've Been Converted]
  2. Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
  3. Where Do I Go Now
  4. Love Me Baby Blues
  5. Lead Me On
  6. Jesus Make up My Dying Bed]
  7. Leavin' Blues
  8. Marking Stone Blues
  9. The Black Crow Keeps Flying
  10. I'd Be a Rich Man
  11. Someone to Save Me
  12. Motherless Children]
  13. Fare Thee Well]
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This is the real deal -- Phelps performs with the full authority and authenticity of the Delta bluest tradition without ever once sounding like a Folkways museum piece. There's nothing more to it than the 34-year-old's raspy, swamp-infused vocals, lapstyle acoustic guitar played using fingerpicking and slide, and self-accompanied stomp-box percussion. For the six originals and seven gospel and prewar blues selections on offer here, it's more than enough. File alongside the likes of Ben Harper and Keb' Mo'. ~ Roch Parisien, ...

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Lead Me On 1994, Burnside Distribution

UPC: 008781001520

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