Poetry reading accompanied by blues music. Compact disc. Dick Lourie, poems, tenor sax, trumpet (track 12), baritone sax (track 3) ; Big Jack Johnson (tracks 1, 10) ; The G-Clefs (tracks 15, 16) ; Matt Jenson, acoustic piano or Hammond B-3 (tracks 1, 3-8, 10-14, 18) ; Big Bill's Band (tracks 1, 3-4, 6, 8, 12, 18) ; Mister Johnnie and the Midnighters (tracks 10, 14) ; Night Kitchen (tracks 5, 7, 11, 13). Recorded at Night Kitchen, Powerhouse Studios, Wellspring Sound, Teddy's Attic, and the Delta Blues Museum.
Contents:
Twelve blues bars (4:21). Fable (1:41) -- Another road less traveled by (2:44) -- Succession (2:24) -- Turning back suite (4:17) -- At 59 (2:51) -- Forgiving our fathers (3:39) -- All aboard (2:22) -- Portrait in rhythm and blues (2:59) -- Blues from Clarksdale (4:08) -- New Jersey (3:47) -- Lyric sonnet (5:00) -- Love note (1:53) -- Questions about the blues (1:29) -- Doo-wop (3:34) -- Pastoral (2:33) -- Justice (2:03) -- Twelve blues bars (4:21).
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