Jimmy "Duck" Holmes
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Jimmy "Duck" Holmes
Gonna Get Old Someday
Big Legal Mess
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| Jimmy “Duck” Holmes seems to be the last guitarist/singer in the Bentonia Mississippi school, made famous by exponents such as Skip James, Jack Owens, and Cornelius Bright. Roughly speaking, it’s haunting, brooding music that found its apex in tunes such as “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues” and “Devil Got My Woman”. Holmes plays these numbers and others from the regional repertoire, but he’s not monogamous to this style, as evidenced by his grooving “Done Broke Down,” which certainly ain’t moody nohow, even if Duck is singing about how he can’t get no grindin’. Occasionally backed by the great Calvin Jackson and Bud Spires, this session was recorded in 2003 and predates Duck’s subsequent Broke & Hungry output. |
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Jimmy "Duck" Holmes
Back to Bentonia
Broke and Hungry Records
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Bentonia, Mississippi, is a small town of several hundred residents that has been home to celebrated bluesmen such as Skip James and Jack Owens who specialized in a haunting, high and lonesome blues technique. Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, owner and operator of Bentonia's famous Blue Front Cafe juke joint, was an avid student of Owens's and his approach owes a good deal to his mentor. Indeed, several cuts here feature the Owens' frequent collaborator, Bud Spires, on harmonica. There are also a couple tracks that are more rocking than one might expect from a Bentonian which feature the legendary Sam Carr on drums. These tunes are a bit less sure-footed than his other excursions, but also hint at Holmes' broader range of influences. Special kudos to the Broke and Hungry label for recording musicians who have mostly only existed in the realm of hearsay for us non-Mississippians.
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