Charlie Parr - King Earl CD
King Earl was recorded live to 2-track in one evening in January 2004. It is an album of stunning simplicity. Charlie's rolling chords might often recall the melancholic brilliance of Nick Drake but his voice is ragged and raw and his song writing is heavily steeped in traditional folk, mountain music and the delta blues. The album is a veritable embarrassment of riches, from the good time bar room rag of 'Union Tramp' and 'West Bank 10 String Rag' to the haunting funereal qualities of '1917' and 'King Earl' the album is an incredible journey through the back roads of traditional American folk music.
This CD is out of print.
Songs
- Worried Blues
- Posessed by the Devil
- Union Tramp
- Reverend Eviction's Blues
- Miner's Lament
- V8 Ford Blues part 2
- King Earl
- Ode to a New Dealer
- Mule Rider
- 1917
- Jefferson Street Express
- West Bank 10 String Rag
- Worried Blues
Reviews
Road Records
This is exactly how folk music should sound, it's raw and exciting.
Americana-UK.com
This album is about dark, gothic blues; men ruined by love, sinners searching for redemption and hope in hopeless times. That someone can still conjure up all of these images with just a voice and guitar confirms, after all these years, the undiminished strength and continuing relevance of traditional American folk music.
