yesterday’s album a day was a collection of studio tracks by the blind bluesman singer/guitarist snooks eaglin.
he sang a little bit like ray charles and played a mean blues guitar, but not so bluesy that it would bore non-blues fans.
his music is very listenable and makes little demands on the listener besides to be entertained.
in particular, the songs i listened to were not purely the blues. there was a lot of new orleans influence in them, too. there were also a couple of instrumentals of just snooks playing his guitar solo that were very fun and even sweet. the closing song i heard, an electrified and hopping version of ‘i’ll see you in my dreams’ which melted into ‘mr sandman’ at the end, was very nice. it made me relax.
i’m not sure of the name of the album i heard – i’m sure it’s some compilation of stuff that was repackaged from his black top records recordings.
the songs were:
i went to the mardi gras
when it rains it pours
heavy juice
pretty girls everywhere
black night
kiss of fire
it’s your thing
west side baby
out of nowhere
that same old train
bombastic
travellin’ mood
oh lavinia
swanee river rock
certainly y’all
i’ll see you in my dreams/mr sandman
i couldn’t find any of the songs i listened to on youtube, so here instead is a video of the pickless master playing ‘red beans’ with george porter jr.
