CeDell Davis [extended]

• The Best of CeDell Davis [Fat Possum/Capricorn, 1994] *
• When Lightnin' Struck the Pine [Fast Horse, 2002] B+

See Also:

• CeDell Davis and Friends

Consumer Guide Reviews:

The Best of CeDell Davis [Fat Possum/Capricorn, 1994]
slide is beautiful ("Rock," "CeDell's Boogie") *

CeDell Davis and Friends: When Lightnin' Struck the Pine [Fast Horse, 2002]
Like most "primitivism," slide-drone band boogie is never as easy as people think, and this version isn't the true raw-cooked, meaning it isn't Hound Dog Taylor no matter what Peter Buck and company hoped. But it'll sure stick to your ribs longer than what Jon Spencer stewed up with R.L. Burnside--long enough to take you back to Davis's 1994 Fat Possum comp, where his suppler voice is asked to carry the purist aesthetic and understated beat. Wish Buck had thought of this then. B+