Keb’ Mo’ - Live: That Hot Pink Blues Album (2016)

 

Label: Kind of Blue Music
Genre: Blues
Year Of Release: 2016
Total Time: 01:18:48

 

Tracklist:

 

CD 1:
01. Tell Everybody I Know 03:02
02. Somebody Hurt You 05:32
03. Henry 05:30
04. Life Is Beautiful 04:32
05. She Just Wants To Dance 04:48
06. The Worst Is Yet To Come 05:09
07. Government Cheese 04:39
08. The Door 05:56

 

CD 2:
01. Come On Back 05:15
02. France 03:21
03. More Than One Way Home 04:53
04. A Better Man  04:03
05. KThe Old Me Better 03:02
06. Rita 05:22
07. Dangerous Mood 08:32
08. City Boy 05:03

 

Pink isn't a color usually associated with blues but That Hot Pink Blues Album doesn't have a sound usually associated with Keb' Mo'. Sure, there are elements of the acoustic slide guitar that has been his signature since his 1994 debut, but the live album emphasizes his softer, soulful side, sometimes pairing the bluesman with sympathetic strings. In this respect, That Hot Pink Blues Album feels like a cousin to the mellow 2011 set The Reflection, but these 16 songs were cut on the 2015 supporting tour for 2014's BLUESAmericana, a record that was designed to touch on as many different American roots sounds as possible. Compared to that, That Hot Pink Blues Album is a little more streamlined, containing a dual focus on mellow grooves and sensitive reflections. He's attempted this in the studio, but his interpretations breathe and sigh on-stage, which is what makes That Hot Pink Blues Album warm and enveloping in a way few other Keb' Mo' records are.

 

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