Keb Mo - Whittington Park, Greenwood, MS, 5-7-2011

I'm a big fan of Keb Mo's music. (His name is a slang version of his real name Kevin Moore, by the way.) However, I'm not a big fan of most of his albums, because I most enjoy Mo's music when he plays acoustic blues. Unfortunately, after his first couple of albums, his albums have moved in an "adult contemporary" direction, much like later day James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt albums.

That said, Mo is a talented singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Most of the time, he plays concerts with a full band, so the sound isn't that different from his glossy albums. But every now and then he plays a concert in solo acoustic format. He's done that less and less over the years, but this is a rare example of such a concert from the last decade. I'm guessing he was inspired to play solo acoustic because the concert was part of a festival celebrating the 100th birthday of blues legend Robert Johnson, who played solo acoustic on all of his relatively few recordings.

I've chosen this concert out of a bunch of possible concerts to post not only because of the solo acoustic format, but also because of the sound quality. This is an excellent soundboard recording, as good as any official live album. And the performance is top notch too. So what's not to like? The only slight downside is the concert is a bit on the short side, slightly longer than an hour.

01 talk (Keb Mo)
02 Love in Vain (Keb Mo)
03 Rita (Keb Mo)
04 Angelina (Keb Mo)
05 Muddy Water (Keb Mo)
06 Henry (Keb Mo)
07 France (Keb Mo)
08 Tell Everybody I Know (Keb Mo)
09 Kind Hearted Woman Blues (Keb Mo)
10 Government Cheese (Keb Mo)
11 Suitcase (Keb Mo)
12 Shave Yo' Legs (Keb Mo)
13 talk (Keb Mo)
14 Loola Loo (Keb Mo)
15 talk (Keb Mo)
16 Whole 'Nutha Thang (Keb Mo)
17 All She Wants to Do Is Dance (Keb Mo)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15260579/KebM_2011_WhittingtnParkGreenwoodMS__5-7-2011_atse.zip.html

For the album cover, I'm happy to say that I was able to find an actual photo of Keb Mo in the concert that makes up this album.