Eric Bibb comes from an outstanding pedigree. His father, Leon, was a part of the early 1960s folk revival movement in the United States; Paul Robeson was his godfather; and John Lewis of Modern Jazz Quartet fame was his uncle.<\/p>\n
Bibb was exposed to music as a child and received his first guitar at the age of seven. He is a traditional folk\/blues artist who relies on an acoustic sound. During the course of his long and prolific career, he has released close to three dozen albums and received a number of blues awards.<\/p>\n
During the past 40 years, he has recorded for a number of labels but has now signed with the Stony Plain label out of Canada, which specializes in folk, blues, and roots music. If his debut album for the label is any indication, it will be a good match.<\/p>\n
Deeper In The Well<\/i> finds Bibb continuing to explore the folk and blues heritage. As with many traditional blues artists, he is a virtuoso on the guitar, be it a six, seven, or nine-string. Plus, he can also play a mean banjo when required. He is supported on this disc by harmonica player Grant Dermody, who plays a prominent part in his sound, upright bass\/accordion player Dirk Powell, fiddler Cedric Watson, drummer Danny DeVillier, and Cajun triangle player Christine Balfa.<\/p>\n
Bibb is at his best on a couple of traditional folk tracks when he presents \u201cBoll Weevil\u201d and \u201cSinner Man\u201d in all their raw starkness. He also gives a smooth and precise interpretation of Bob Dylan\u2019s \u201cThe Times They Are A Changin.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBayou Belle\u201d is a modern folk\/blues song right out of the southern Delta. It has an ominous style, spinning a tale of love\u2019s longing. Oddly, the title track is the one that moves him farthest from his roots. \u201cDig A Little Deeper In The Well,\u201d written by deceased Nashville songwriter Roger Bowling, comes close to being a conventional country song, complete with fiddles, banjos, and harmony vocals.<\/p>\n
He is also a noted songwriter. Tracks such as \u201cIn My Time,\u201d \u201cMusic,\u201d \u201cMovin\u2019 Up,\u201d \u201cNo Further,\u201d and \u201cSittin\u2019 In A Hotel Room\u201d all find him fusing folk and blues traditions.<\/p>\n
Deeper In The Well<\/i> is a fine addition to Eric Bibb\u2019s large catalog of releases, as it is a modern interpretation of some old traditions. Bibb remains one of the better practitioners of his chosen style of music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":30994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8872],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-42676","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-eric-bibb","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42676"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}