Artist: Jo-Ann Kelly
Title: Key To The Highway: Rare & Unissued Recordings 1968-1974
Year Of Release: 1999
Label: Mooncrest
Genre: Blues, British Blues, Delta Blues
Quality: Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 01:09:42
Total Size: 267 Mb
Tracklist:01. Keep Your Hand Out Of My Pocket
02. No Chance With You
03. You Win Again
04. I've Been Scorned
05. Can I Get A Witness
06. Rolling Log Blues
07. Louisiana Blues
08. I Can't Be Satisfied
09. Levee Camp Holler
10. Two Nineteen Blues
11. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
12. Key To The Highway
13. You've Got To Move
14. Black Rat Swing
15. Baby What You Want Me To Do
16. Louisiana Blues (Version 2)
17. Boyfriend Blues
18. Catfish Blues
19. Walking The Dog
20. Jump Steady Daddy
21. Put A Record On
22. Guitars, Stars, And Early Repertoire
23. The Bridge House Days
People have begun to discover just how good a blueswoman the late Jo-Ann Kelly was. That's led to a trawling through the vaults, which have turned up albums like this, of obscure compilation and unreleased cuts. Key to the Highway covers what's arguably her most prolific period, as her star was ascending and was at its critical height (although it should be noted that the 1974 end date in the title is very elastic -- there are six cuts from 1975, and two conversation pieces from 1988). While all too often material has remained unreleased for a good reason, everything here is prime. Kelly's definition of blues is definitely loose, including Hank Williams' "You Win Again," with some strong piano from Bob Hall, and even Marvin Gaye's "Can I Get a Witness" and Rufus Thomas' "Walking the Dog." However, in her hands, blues is exactly what they are. While generally accompanied, the stunning a cappella "Levee Camp Holler" shows the power she had, enough to put her up there with the top rank, and where her fretwork shows through, as on "I Can't Be Satisfied," she was a superb guitar player, with a slide technique to make Bonnie Raitt envious. The audio here might not be the best, somewhat crackly and aged, but in many ways that simply adds to the authentic patina of blues. She shows that you don't have to be male and African-American to have the blues. And a record like this simply increases her legacy.
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