Lead Me On is the debut album of American

United States

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 blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 singer and guitarist Kelly Joe Phelps

Kelly Joe Phelps

Kelly Joe Phelps is an American musician and songwriter. His music has been characterized as a mixture of delta blues and jazz.-Career:...

. It is his first release on the Burnside label before moving to Rykodisc Records.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Roch Parisien wrote of the album "This is the real deal — Phelps performs with the full authority and authenticity of the Delta bluest tradition without ever once sounding like a Folkways museum piece."

Track listing

All songs written by Kelly Joe Phelps except as noted.

1. "I've Been Converted" (Traditional) – 6:16
2. "Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues" (Skip James
   Skip James
   Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter, born in Bentonia, Mississippi, died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
   
   ) – 5:24
3. "Where Do I Go Now" – 5:33
4. "Love Me Baby Blues" (Joe Calicott) – 4:41
5. "Lead Me On" – 4:46
6. "Jesus Make up My Dying Bed
   In My Time of Dying
   "In My Time of Dying" is a traditional gospel music song that has been recorded by numerous musicians. An early version, titled "Jesus Goin' A-Make Up My Dying Bed", is mentioned in historian Robert Emmet Kennedy's Black Cameos published in 1924, on Louisiana street performers, and also listed in...
   
   " (Traditional) – 5:17
7. "Leavin' Blues" (Herman Johnson) – 5:54
8. "Marking Stone Blues" – 4:58
9. "The Black Crow Keeps Flying" – 4:17
10. "I'd Be a Rich Man" – 4:44
11. "Someone to Save Me" – 6:35
12. "Motherless Children" (Traditional)– 7:24
13. "Fare Thee Well
    Fare Thee Well (song)
    Fare Thee Well is an 18th century English folk ballad, in which a lover bids farewell before setting off on a journey. The lyrics include a dialogue between the lovers. The first published version of the song appeared in Roxburghe Ballads dated 1710; the lyrics were there given the title "The...
    
    " – 4:33

Personnel

• Kelly Joe Phelps - vocals, guitar, stomp box
• Engineered by Mike Moore
• Executive producer – Terry Carrier
• Photos by James Rexroad, Project 47

External links

• Discography at Kelly Joe Phelps official web site.