Time: 49:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Delta Blues, Blues Rock, Soundtrack
Art: Full
01. Scott Bomar - Opening Theme (0:38)
02. Son House - Ain't But One Kind Of Blues (0:11)
03. Samuel L. Jackson - Just Like A Bird Without A Feather (2:22)
04. The Black Keys - When The Lights Go Out (3:13)
05. Jessie Mae Hemphill -Standing In My Doorway Crying (4:40)
06. Bobby Rush - Chicken Heads (2:32)
07. Samuel L. Jackson - Black Snake Moan (4:04)
08. Precious Bryant - Morning Train (3:00)
09. John Doe - The Losing Kind (2:33)
10. Outrageous Cherry - Lord Have Mercy On Me (3:04)
11. Scott Bomar - Ronnie And Rae's Theme (1:08)
12. Scott Bomar - The Chain (2:50)
13. Samuel L. Jackson - Alice Mae (3:48)
14. Samuel L. Jackson - Stack-O-Lee (3:30)
15. R.L. Burnside - Old Black Mattie (4:10)
16. Son House - That's Where The Blues Started (0:21)
17. North Mississippi Allstars - Mean Ol' Wind Died Down (7:31)
This soundtrack to the film written and directed by Craig Brewer is as steeped in the Southern blues as his Hustle and Flow was in hip-hop. The biggest surprise here is how well actor Samuel L. Jackson (who seems to have a thing for "Snake" films) holds his own as a blues singer against selections from Son House and R.L. Burnside. He sounds like a throwback to the classic Delta bluesmen on "Just Like a Bird Without a Feather," does a convincing take on the Blind Lemon Jefferson title track, and rocks the juke joint on "Alice Mae" and a down-and-dirty recasting of "Stack-O-Lee." Produced by the Bo-Keys' Scott Bomar (who also scored Brewer's previous movie), the 17-cut soundtrack features a kaleidoscopic array of blues, from the primal throb of the Black Keys' "When the Lights Go Out" and the funk of Bobby Rush's classic "Chicken Heads" to the spiritual lilt of Precious Bryant's "Morning Train" and the North Mississippi Allstars' expansive finale, "Mean Ol' Wind Died Down." --Don McLeese
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