Udgivet: USA, 23/09-2004  
Label Name: Blue South
Producer: E.G. Kight; Bonnie Tallman
Distributor: City Hall


EG Kight - Takin' It Easy

This CD starts with a great track, "I'll Believe It When I Feel It", and just gets better from there. There isn't a bad cut on this album and it's hard to pick a best - so I'll just hit the highlights.

Eight are originals. The second tune, "Nothin' Ever Hurt Me", is a gritty, bluesy good riddance number. She also ventures into jazz with Duke Ellington's "I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues" and her own "I Don't Want To Start Over", with special guest Ann Rabson (Saffire - Uppity Blues Women) on piano. "When You Were Mine" evokes a sad, romantic, thirties feel a la Django Reinhardt, with Greg Piccolo on tenor sax. Then there's the gospel sounding "Can't Blame Nobody But Me" and the 12 bar, delta blues of "Peach Pickin' Mama". Two other songs aren't originals but E. G.'s interpretation is a lot of fun - "Southbound" and "I Ain't Got No Business Doing Business Today". The latter, as the song suggests, will make you want to stay home and "play".

E.G. Kight not only has a terrific voice, she's also a great song writer. She has a way with lyrics that really get you where you live, such as "I've been set up just to be laid down" and "everywhere I go is where I've already been". What else can I say. The more I hear this album, the more I like it. Great songs, great musicians, Great E.G. Kight. 5 stars!

Tracklist:

This is the 5th release by Georgia native E.G. Kight on Blue South Records. This CD contains eight original songs that takes the listener on a musical journey through E.G.'s influences that have evolved into her own unique blues style. This mostly acoust~