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Together they
lay down a nice set of easy listening music in the Blues-Folk
tradition. Kim also displays another one of his great talents
by writing nine of the twelve tunes. The title track “Struck
By Lightning” kicks off the CD with Kim singin’ and playin’
some lightnin’ finger pickin’ guitar. Train songs have always
been a familiar theme in the Blues and Kim gives us one of his
own on “Last Train Is Gone”. One of my favourite
compositions on the record is Kim’s slow Blues, “The Truth
Comes Out”. The tempo picks up again on “Ain’t No Free”
an old NRBQ tune, with whom Savoy Brown used to do tour
dates. Kim does a interesting cover version of “Road Tramp
Blues” originally recorded by Pettie Wheatstraw in
1938 and also gives a taste of his slide playin’ on a steel
guitar. This is followed by another classic, Arthur
Crudup’s 1946 song “So Glad You’re Mine”, with Kim
layin’ out some tasty licks. “My Home Is A Highway”
talks about being homeless. A love tune, “Like An Angel”,
follows. There’s a jazzy feel that backs up the fine lyrics of
“Don’t Know Who Talk To Anymore”. Kim’s life is told in
the movin’ “Living In New York”. With lots of finger
pickin’ guitar, Kim goes strictly solo on the folksy - “Talking
‘Bout New Orleans”. The album ends with another solo
performance by Kim that has a sound like an old 78 rpm record,
“Struck By Lightning Reprise”. I’ve always liked the
music of Savoy Brown, but Kim’s solo acoustic
recordings like “Struck By Lightning” set a different
mood. The pleasure I get from listening to this CD puts me
in a mellow frame of mind and that’s good for anyone’s soul.
Eddy B |
