This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Late Mississippi juke jointer Junior Kimbrough is already well on his way to becoming the Jimi Hendrix of Delta blues — just not for the reason you might think.
It’s got nothing to do with his playing, it’s because this is the second posthumous release since his death last year. Not that anyone is complaining, mind. Just like with those innumerable Hendrix outtakes, it doesn’t matter that most of these cuts are murky home demos and ragged-ass live tracks — the raw power and blistering intensity of his spine-tingling moan and crawling king-snake guitar rise up through the murk like some unstoppable swamp thing. Crank this up and you’ll frighten the children, freak out the neighbours, drive away the postman — and cleanse your soul. Keep ’em comin’, Fat boys.
