Music Review

Blues on the Bayou

B.B. King
Reviewed by Cheo Tyehimba | Oct 30, 1998
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Lead Performance: B.B. King; Genre: Blues

Making his producing debut, B.B. King summons a slow-rising, down-home aroma, like bacon and grits in the morning. Blues on the Bayou is all standard fare for the Delta blues king, but what really invigorates this 15-track set is rollicking instrumentals like ''Blues Boys Tune,'' ''Blues We Like,'' and ''If That Ain't It I Quit.'' Of course, King's tremulous, church-deacon voice caroling between (Lucille's) high-tone twangs is always a thrill. B+

Originally posted Oct 30, 1998 Published in issue #456 Oct 30, 1998 Order article reprints

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