| Give in Kind | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Blues, country blues | |||
| Label | Red House | |||
| Producer | John Platania | |||
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Give in Kind is an album by the American musician Guy Davis, released in 2002. [1] [2] It was his fifth album for Red House Records. [3] Davis supported it with a North American tour. [4] The album was nominated for a W. C. Handy Award for best "Acoustic Blues Album". [5]
The album was produced by John Platania. [3] Davis did not spend a lot of time on song selection, choosing what he liked, what others liked, and what was already worked out. [6] He played banjo, six- and twelve-string guitars, and washboard; he played a didgeridoo on "Layla, Layla". [6] [7] Ken Whiteley contributed on mandolin. [8] "Loneliest Road That I Know" is a version of Mississippi Fred McDowell's song "Highway 61". [9] "What You Doin'" is a cover of the Sleepy John Estes song. [10] "Good Liquor" is a cover the Big Bill Broonzy song. [11] "Joppatowne" is about a prisoner returning to his hometown for a funeral. [12] "I Will Be Your Friend" is a tribute to the Scottish musician Davy Steele, who died in 2001. [13]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [14] |
| The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | B+ [11] |
| Robert Christgau |  [15] |
| DownBeat |  [16] |
| The Gazette | 4/5 [8] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [17] |
Robert Christgau called the album "country blues in the spirit of friendship, like John Hurt did it." [15] The Star Tribune wrote that "Davis continues his dogged but creative commitment to traditional acoustic blues." [18] The Gazette determined that "Davis recalls the days when jug bands ruled Memphis's Beale St.," writing that his original songs "preserve and carry forward the tradition." [8] The Birmingham Post opined that Davis "has an inbuilt empathy with the music, without any of the vaudeville hokum of Keb' Mo' or the sophisticated gloss of Eric Bibb." [10] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution concluded that "his previous albums have sometimes been weighed down by an artificial vocal gruffness... Now he has found his voice." [11]
AllMusic wrote that "he's listened hard to classic Delta blues and based his style on it, without ever becoming a carbon copy of the greats." [14]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Good Liquor" | |
| 2. | "Loneliest Road That I Know" | |
| 3. | "Lay Down By My Side" | |
| 4. | "I Will Be Your Friend" | |
| 5. | "(I Love My Job)" | |
| 6. | "Layla, Layla" | |
| 7. | "Honeydew Melon Rag" | |
| 8. | "Six Cold Feet of Ground" | |
| 9. | "Grandma Is Dancing" | |
| 10. | "What You Doin'" | |
| 11. | "Watch Over Me" | |
| 12. | "I Don't Know" | |
| 13. | "Don't You Leave Me Here" | |
| 14. | "(Joppatowne Intro)" | |
| 15. | "Joppatowne" | |
| 16. | "God's Unchanging Hand" |
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