Time: 49:23
Size: 113.1 MB
Styles: Acoustic guitar blues
Year: 1997/2006
Art: Front
[3:44] 1. What Fun We're Havin' In Illinois
[6:28] 2. Eagle Bird
[4:22] 3. Walk Across The Ocean
[3:20] 4. Brownskin Gal
[4:11] 5. One Kind Favor
[2:38] 6. Your Biscuits Are Big Enough For Me
[4:46] 7. Long-Haired Doney
[3:09] 8. Jack, I'm Mellow
[5:42] 9. Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground
[4:53] 10. Twist It, Babe!
[3:35] 11. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
[2:30] 12. Back In Nagasaki
One magical night many years ago, at the General Store in Stone City, Iowa, I sat hypnotized by the foot-stomping groove laid down by the baby-faced boy with the big voice and wild eyes. Keith's guitar work was already impressive then, but over the past 20 years he has grown into one of the most exciting guitarists in any genre. "Every time I go on stage, I feel like a tightrope walker, 'cause I do tend to play close to the edge," Keith says. "I like the view better out there."
His sixth recording, Twist It, Babe!, featuring Keith on guitars, vocals and feet, and Marty Christensen on acoustic bass, has just been released on Fish Tail Records. Considering that two of his first five recordings were nominated for the W. C. Handy Award for Best Acoustic Blues Album and that all five have reached No. 1 on independent radio station playlists, this is something to get excited about. Twist It, Babe! was released in America just days before a two-month-long European tour, his 14th since 1992.
All the songs on this recording are traditional, songs that Keith says he fell in love with 20 years ago and has been playing ever since. He describes this collection as "an American treasure trove of the deepest diamonds in the rough." Keith's great love and delight in this music make Twist It, Babe! completely irresistible. "I was voracious as a youngster," he recalls, "playing and learning entire repertoires of country blues, jazz, gospel, and island music. I'd listen to a song till it was preying on my mind, and then I would commence to make my own arrangement. So these songs aren't covers so much as re-creations."
His sixth recording, Twist It, Babe!, featuring Keith on guitars, vocals and feet, and Marty Christensen on acoustic bass, has just been released on Fish Tail Records. Considering that two of his first five recordings were nominated for the W. C. Handy Award for Best Acoustic Blues Album and that all five have reached No. 1 on independent radio station playlists, this is something to get excited about. Twist It, Babe! was released in America just days before a two-month-long European tour, his 14th since 1992.
All the songs on this recording are traditional, songs that Keith says he fell in love with 20 years ago and has been playing ever since. He describes this collection as "an American treasure trove of the deepest diamonds in the rough." Keith's great love and delight in this music make Twist It, Babe! completely irresistible. "I was voracious as a youngster," he recalls, "playing and learning entire repertoires of country blues, jazz, gospel, and island music. I'd listen to a song till it was preying on my mind, and then I would commence to make my own arrangement. So these songs aren't covers so much as re-creations."
Twist It, Babe! mc
Twist It, Babe! zippy
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