Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough

Chulahoma
EP by The Black Keys
Released	May 2, 2006
Recorded	July 2005
Genre	Blues, blues rock
Length	27:39
Label	Fat Possum
The Black Keys chronology
Rubber Factory (2004) Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough (2006) Live in Austin, TX (2006)

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Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough is an EP by American blues rock duo The Black Keys. Essentially a tribute album, it is a collection of the band's cover versions of songs by 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 was recorded in the basement of 54 Metlin Rd. in Akron, Ohio, and was the band's last record with Fat Possum Records, as they subsequently signed to Nonesuch Records.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Junior Kimbrough. 

[*] A longer and cover version of "My Mind is Ramblin'", clocking at 6:50, was released on the Sunday Nights: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough tribute compilation, released in 2005 by Fat Possum Records.

[**] The release 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.

Personnel

• Dan Auerbach – vocals, electric guitar, bass, slide guitar, organ, baritone guitar
• Patrick Carney – drums & percussion

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