- "And my lovers they don't understand what ever needed you for, but I needed you for me, they don't understand anything about me, they don't understand what it is about me that loves." A year ago I had no idea who Cory Chisel was. I had the fortune of seeing him open up for Brendan Benson at the World Cafe in Philadelphia. I became a fan that night. Cory Chisel reminds one of a young Bruce Springsteen in his hey'. The friend I saw the show with commented that Cory offers all the things he liked about Springsteen (the sound) without all of the stuff he didn't (the pretense). More on that show in a bit. "What Do You Need" comes from the full length "Death Won't Send a Letter" album. It's a straight forward rock song that won't change your world. "Born Again", "So Wrong For Me" and the gorgeous "Tennessee" are the standout songs from the album. As an encore to the show Brendan brought Cory back on stage for a cover of Tom Petty's classic "American Girl". Brendan sang the first verse but forgot the opening lyrics. It's funny to me because the opening lyric is basically the name of the song.
- "And my arms need someone, someone to enfold, to keep me warm when Mondays and Tuesdays grow cold, love for all my life to have and to hold, oh and I want a Sunday kind of love." Hey ladies, how do you when a guy really likes you? It's when he gets seeing his friends out of the way on Friday and Saturday to spend his Sunday with you. Etta James is best known for her smash "At Last" but she has a handful of other classics in her collection including "Sunday Kind of Love". James was recently portrayed by Beyonce Knowles in the film Cadillac Records and Beyonce recorded a few of her songs on the soundtrack. Given that Beyonce is an icon in her own right it's not hard to imagine a yet to be born signer playing miss Knowles in the movies decades from now. I hope when that soundtrack comes out it features "Bug A Boo". Getting back to Etta James I definitely recommend that you listen to this song...just try to resist the urge to go out and buy Dockers.
3. Born Under a Bad Sign- Albert King (featuring Stevie Ray Vaughan)
- "Wine and women is all I crave, a big legged woman is going to carry me to my grave, born under a bad sign, I been down since I began to crawl, if it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all." Albert, Freddie and B.B. represent the three kings of blues guitar. If you spend any time listening to these cats you'll hear where guys like Clapton, Page, Beck, etc got their sound from. In 1983 Albert King played a concert with Stevie Ray Vaughan, who was the hot blues guitarist of day. The concert was filmed for the show "In Session". That show was released as a CD years later but for whatever reason this particular song (perhaps Albert King's best known song) was left out. Years later the song was included in an Albert King Stax Profiles greatest hits collection. I first came across "Born Under a Bad Sign" as an instrumental cover on the Jimi Hendrix "Jimi Blues" album. Jimi's version is of course amazing but this version takes the cake; you get the lyrics and Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan trading licks. A DVD of the King/Vaughan In Session concert is being released next month.
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