Speaking of cross-generational collaborations (as we were in last week’s post on Kenny Neal and son teaming for a new single), we were pretty excited to hear about the upcoming album from two other Louisiana bluesmen, who were born more than 40 years and just over 50 miles apart: blues-rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd and traditional bluesman Bobby Rush.
Here’s the first single released off of their upcoming album Young Fashioned Ways, featuring everything you’d expect from the pair: stinging guitar from Shepherd, gritty vocals and harmonica from Rush, clever lyrics such as “When I went into the bedroom, I could tell somethin’ wasn’t right/ it was all tore up like you been in a pillow fight”, plus some swinging horns. If you like what you hear in this shuffling number, the good news is that you only have to wait another week or so for the whole album, which releases March 21st.