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Arnold Lindsay
My Name Is The Blues
LindsayGirls Music B000CAKK7G

There are small pleasures in this world. The discovery of new blues talent is one such pleasure. An individual that fits the bill is Arnold Lindsay. His first project is called My Name Is The Blues and includes 10 tracks .Of these, nine were penned by Arnold. With a vocal style one part Slim Harpo and Joe Louis Walker, his singing goes down like a good stiff drink. The first three songs: "My Name Is The Blues", "Bad Night" and "Up In The Delta" are a trilogy of sorts. Using blues imagery and the mention of historical blues figures such as B.B. King and "Bob" Johnson, he conveys a familiarity with the idiom that he has not lived to earn. Instead it is like osmosis. In the disc notes, Arnold Lindsay talks about being overcome by a desire to stop and pen some of these songs on subsequent trips through Clarksdale, Mississippi, and personal journeys to the legendary "Crossroads".

Mr. Lindsay shows his respect in this homage to another time, yet has a modern sensibility just the same. In "Coming Home To You" he knows that he has to ramble.... but it's good to get back home to Mama. Listen to Arnold's use of animal imagery in "Just Like A Rabbit" to describe the sexual attitude and style of his girlfriend. He plies soul blues on, "Temporary Date," telling his girl that they need to clear the air and "get straight" and in "Just Like Cinderella" he compares himself to her, when his lover only wants to be with him secretly until the break of dawn. Finally the album wraps up with "Raining In The Delta" using rain as a metaphor for a mother's tears and the sadness for a son lost to war. 

Except for a couple of miscues on "One Step Closer" and "American Soldiers," Arnold Lindsay's My Name Is The Blues is a brilliant first recording. While it may be hard to get your hands on a copy, the effort will reward you and this new blues artist.

- Big Daddy Hal -


Southwest Blues CD Review - December 2007

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