The project closes with the soft soul of "You Are My Heaven." "My Guitar" falls into a general "blues" category but it's far more stylistically varied than most. "Bourbon Street Blues" is slide-country blues with a big beat, while Robert Johnson's "Stones in My Passway" remains firmly rooted in the Delta. Booker T.'s "Born Under a Bad Sign" is reinterpreted as electric blues with a hip-hop twist before the multi-instrumentalist offers the title tune as a gentle gut-string ballad. "Stay Just as You Are" follows with a '70s soul vibe and gives King a chance to show more vocal versatility. "Cain" is also a slide showcase but lyrically and rhythmically it shifts gears into a light rap against cocaine. The set starts with three slide-dobro cuts and on "Like Father, Like Son" he tells his story of growing up and learning the music as the son of bluesman Tabby Thomas. King has also never been a slave to traditional blues, so it comes as no surprise when his latest release mines a number of styles. Chris Thomas King, "Me, My Guitar and the Blues," (Blind Pig) King has re-invented himself a few times, and the most recent incarnation finds the New Orleans-based musician in fine form playing all the instruments and penning nine of the CD's 11 cuts.
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