Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough
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| EP by The Black Keys | |||||
| Released | May 2, 2006 | ||||
| Recorded | July 2005 | ||||
| Genre | Blues-rock Garage rock Punk blues Hard rock |
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| Length | 27:39 | ||||
| Label | Fat Possum Records | ||||
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Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough is the second EP by blues-rock duo The Black Keys. This tribute EP is a collection of covers from Fat Possum Records bluesman, Junior Kimbrough, who died in 1998. The title is a reference to Chulahoma, Mississippi, location of "Junior's Place", a juke joint bought by Kimbrough around 1992 and operated after his death by his sons until it burned down on April 6, 2000.
The Black Keys have covered Kimbrough in their 2002 debut album, with "Do the Rump", and with "Everywhere I Go" on their second record Thickfreakness. In 2005 they contributed a "My Mind is Ramblin'" cover to the Sunday Nights: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough tribute compilation, which also features Iggy Pop & The Stooges and Spiritualized. Chulahoma is the band's last record with Fat Possum Records, as they have since signed to Nonesuch Records.
[edit] Track listing
- "Keep Your Hands Off Her" – 3:06
- "Have Mercy on Me" – 4:42 [*]
- "Work Me" – 4:15
- "Meet Me in the City" – 3:38
- "Nobody But You" – 5:21
- "My Mind is Ramblin'" (reprise) – 6:45 [**]
- "Untitled" – 0:32 [***]
[*] "Have Mercy on Me" uses additional instruments, organ and bongos, which is very unusual for The Black Keys.
[**] A longer and cover version of "My Mind is Ramblin'", clocking at 7:05, was released on the Sunday Nights: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough tribute compilation, released in 2005 by Fat Possum Records.
[***] The EP ends with a message left by Kimbrough's widow on Dan Auerbach's answering machine telling how much she's proud of the duo's work and how Daniel and Patrick sound like Junior Kimbrough.
[edit] Personnel
- Dan Auerbach: guitar, vocals
- Patrick Carney: drums
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