Campbell, John - Howlin Mercy

NEW VINYL LP ON MUSIC ON VINYL 2016

180 GRAM VINYL

Slide guitarist and songwriter John Campbell was a man driven. Before his untimely death, he had pulled out all the stops to play a music that was full of mystery, pathos, dark energy, and plenty of rock & roll strut 'n' growl; it could be frightening in its intensity. Howlin' Mercy was the last of two recordings for Elektra, and is by far the heavier of the two. As displayed by its opening track, "Ain't Afraid of Midnight," Campbell was a considerable slide guitarist who owed his skill to the bluesmen like Lightnin' Hopkins (from his home state of Texas), Fred McDowell, and a few others. His solos are wrangling, loose, and shambolic; they are undeniably dark and heavy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Campbell_(blues_guitarist)

Tracklist

01 Ain't Afraid of Midnight  
02 When the Levee Breaks  
03 Down in the Hole  
04 Look What Love Can Do  
05 Saddle Up My Pony  
06 Firin' Line  
07 Love's Name  
08 Written in Stone  
09 Wiseblood  
10 Wolf Among the Lambs