Artist: Juke Boy Bonner
Title Of Album: Ghetto Poet
Year Of Release: 2003
Label: Arhoolie Records
Genre: Blues
Quality: flac
Art: scans
Notes:
Texas bluesman Weldon "Juke Boy" Bonner was a virtual one-man band with his stripped-down electric guitar playing, his constantly stomping foot, and the swampy sound of his racked harmonica, elements that made him sound like a cross between Jimmy Reed and Slim Harpo. Bonner's carefully considered lyrics are what set him apart from any other bluesman, however, and the best of his songs have a kind of weary emotional balance that show why the blues is capable of being a great vernacular art form. The opening track on this disc of previously unreleased material, "Daylight Won't Catch Me Here," is a perfect example of Bonner's craft, as it teeters between defeat and resolve, all with a relentless, driving rhythm. Other highlights here include the desperate humor of "Rainin' in My Room" and the brilliant album closer "It's Enough." Woefully underappreciated during his lifetime, Bonner ended up with a last-chance job loading crates of factory-raised chickens into the processing plant that would end their lives. This collection is drawn largely from a session on May 5, 1969. by Steve Leggett
Tracklist:
1. Daylight Won't Catch Me Here
2. The Animal Gap
3. Time to Say Goodbye
4. Blues for Elmo
5. If I Sound Lowdown
6. Sportsman's Luck
7. California Here I Come
8. Zodico Jump
9. Getting Up from the Ground
10. Houston Beat
11. What Will I Tell the Children
12. All the Lonely Days
13. Childhood Dreams
14. Settin' the Record Straight
15. Rainin' in My Room
16. Let Me Run It Down to You
17. I Don't Go for Games
18. It's Enough
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