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Permalink Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) on January 22, 2011 at 7:18am

I have this album playing in my shop on a regular basis.  Definitely a magnum opus.

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on January 22, 2011 at 7:33am

I like it too.  Good songs and pickin.  There is a female singer on some songs, a friend of Keni's, I think.  She's good, but I prefer the songs Keni sings.

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Permalink Reply by Keni Lee Burgess on January 22, 2011 at 10:09am

Thank you all for your kind words.

My rendition of Rollin' and Tumblin' was inspired by Otha Turner:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEIr4oWLvGc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rQJ65pKlKw

My good gal Jackie does the rant on Stop Breaking Down:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKFMFkwhPRQ

When the Levee Breaks was inspired by my youth and hearing Led Zep perform it. Although my rendition brings it back to the 1930s.

My Grandfather appears on the front of the CD. Although he could not carry a note, he loved to sing and dreamed of being a crooner just like Frank Sinatra. Unfortunately, he died of throat cancer before the CD was made. He was my role model for what a "good man" should be. The picture of him is from the 1930s. He was in his early twenty and dressed to the nines. He bunched up his tie and held it in place with a tack. That is what you did back then to look cool.

Thank you Mark for reviewing my CD. Enjoy. 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by rich gallagher on January 23, 2011 at 3:48am

i'm a 69 yr old retired trial lawyer and am not impressed by much anymore, but this is one great album! i've had it for several months and play it often - the "good and evil" applies to keni's effect me, it was his youtube videos that got me into this cbg madness of "good and evil" - the "good" in the joy it brings and the "evil" in the all-consuming life to which it leads - play on keni!

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Permalink Reply by Keni Lee Burgess on January 23, 2011 at 8:01am

The story behind the title, "Good & Evil"

<iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="475" height="385" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tIZ64CCttDI?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen></iframe>

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on January 23, 2011 at 9:06am

Good link to Keni discussing blues/Gospel relationships.  I like the way he shows 1 tune can be used for separate blues and Gospel songs.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Bliss on January 23, 2011 at 6:49pm

Cute dog Keni, but he chases airplanes! LOL!

 

OK, so heres an unusual question, how did you do the youtube link so it comes up full screen like that? New trick on me!

I usually just get the embed code like this:

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Permalink Reply by Keni Lee Burgess on January 24, 2011 at 12:59am

Now this is funny. Do you see the video on my post? Because I see the code. On your post, I see the video. Do see the code?

Internet Technology. You got to love it or it will just drive you crazy. LOL Enjoy. 

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Permalink Reply by Mark Bliss on January 24, 2011 at 6:35am

Thats what I mean, yours is the code, but the link pops up full screen. Never noticed that before. And the reason it intriques me is that the regular embed code, like I used, only works as a thumbnail. which annoyingly locks out the full screen feature. So then one must click on the "watch on youtube" link so you can watch full screen.

Maybe I am just missing something. Maybe its just an annoyance for an old fart with bad eyesight. But sometimes I like to see the whole scene ya know?

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