Tag: Eric Bibb

Title: Eric Bibb – Rainbow People (1977) [Reissue 2009]
Genre: Blues
Format: MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

“Rainbow People” means more than just an LP. It’s Eric Bibb’s debut album, gathering of friends and musical ideas that go together and express one thing above all; the joy of knowing each other. Hearing the sounds of jazz, blues, African, Latin-American and classical music on the same album is a naturally good thing – a kind of rainbow. Eric Bibb grew up in New York City, surrounded by a plethora of cultural variety from Leadbelly to Villa-Lobos wafting in from the radio and the streets. By the time little Bibb got his first guitar, his father, the eminent Leon Bibb, was making the rounds as a respected folk singer. Leon removed Eric from school in favor of packing him along to rehearsals, where he consorted with the likes of Judy Collins, Odetta, Bob Dylan, Earl Robinson and many others.

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Title: Eric Bibb & Needed Time – Spirit And The Blues (1999) [Reissue 2002]
Genre: Blues
Format: MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Eric Bibb and Needed Time’s Spirit & The Blues is a real odyssey of Eric’s music. Here we find everything from Mississippi blues to spirituals, ballads, country and even reggae – sometimes with an almost electrified swing, but guaranteed unplugged in the finest Opus 3 tradition.

Spirit and the Blues is a funky folk-blues delight: a bubbling pot of authentic bottleneck spirituals and memorable hum-alongs, especially for hardcore Deacons fans. Bibb blends the muddy-river vocal style of Delta gospel and the drive of white vagabond balladeers like Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. Choice cuts “Lonesome Valley” and “Satisfied Mind” are gorgeous understated revisits of neglected gems; “Where I Shall Be” is a meditative adaption of an old field prayer recorded by Blind Lemon Jefferson. Bibb’s fingerpicking technique engages the “micro-melodies” happening between melody and bassline, skillfully accompanied by the harmonica-wielding Rev. Dan Smith on “Keep Goin’ On” and the traded leads with Göran Wennerbrandt’s steel-bodied National Style “O” on “Lonesome Valley.” Bibb’s songs successfully trade visits with gospel as well as sassy, lazy blues tunes about sex and old-fashioned romance, as in “Braggin,” also a favorite cut. A modern and beautifully mixed record, graced with spirit and a real timelessness factor.

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Title: Eric Bibb And Needed Time – Good Stuff (1997) [Reissue 2001]
Genre: Blues
Format: MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Eric Bibb’s Good Stuff, is a clever fusion of contemporary folk and classic country-blues and classic gospel that emphasizes the guitarist’s skill at fusing genres, as well as his flair for writing solid bluesy songs. Not all of the material really catches hold, but it all shows promise, and the very best moments on the record confirm that he’s one of the more intriguing new bluesmen in the late ’90s.

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Title: Eric Bibb – Blues, Ballads & Work Songs (2011)
Genre: Blues
Format: SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

This new CD from the great Eric Bibb is one of the very best-sounding guitar recordings I have ever heard.” the audiophile voice Klassiker von Dave Von Ronk, Leadbelly, Alan Lomax usw. interpretiert er ganz vorzüglich auf einer Baritongitarre sowie sieben- und zwölfsaitigen Modellen. Die SACD-Spur gibt all das wunderbar natürlich wieder.” (Stereo, November 2011) Durch den warmen, glasklaren Sound lässt sich sein Spiel auf diversen überwiegend akustischen Instrumenten ganz intensiv genießen. Schöner noch ist seine volle, wahnsinnig seelenvolle Stimme – die durch die vielen Jahre auf der Bühne langsam, aber sicher etwas aufgerauter klingt.” bluesnews #68 12 / 2011 Eine Platte für die Ewigkeit!” (Stereo Phono Sonderheft 1 / 2012)

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