Omar & The Howlers - Essential Collection (2011) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 787 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 285 Mb | Scans ~ 18 Mb
Modern Electric Texas Blues, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll | Label: Ruf | # RUF 1174 | 02:03:34
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 787 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 285 Mb | Scans ~ 18 Mb
Modern Electric Texas Blues, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll | Label: Ruf | # RUF 1174 | 02:03:34
Mississippi-born but Texas-based Omar Kent Dykes understands a fundamental fact about the blues. He knows there are only a handful of rhythms and themes in the blues grab bag, and he uses them all over and over again in slightly different guises, which is far from a bad thing. It is the fundamental conservatism of the blues and its limited palette that has kept the form alive long after its colorful offspring (R&B, soul, rock & roll, etc.) flew the roost, taking a large part of the audience with them. But Omar understands all this. He has had a 30-year career playing these rhythms, and he knows how to keep it all simple, direct, and powerful, and how to build new songs out of the fabric of the old songs without destroying their familiarity.