Takes One to Know One

This album contains some of the noisiest and most unapologetically down-home blues recorded in the post-war era. Hezekiah Early and Elmo Williams are both semi-professional musicians, but both play and sing as if their life depended on it, with force and power. The blues this duo plays are decidedly modern (even post-modern), and would appeal to any fan of Sonic Youth's white noise rock and Captain Beefheart's Dadaesque R&B. Williams' guitar on "Hoopin' and Hollern'" sounds like it was played through a completely fired amp, and Early's harp on "Insane Instrumental" sounds like a trucker grinding gears. But that doesn't mean the duo can't conjure up some soul. William's gospel-ish "Let It All Go" closes the album. - John Duffy Allmusic.com   1. Mother's Dead 2. Insane Instrumental 3. Blue Jumped the Rabbit 4. Booster 5. Nothin' Man 6. Hoopin' and Hollerin' 7. Been Here and Gone 8. Natchez Fire 9. Do Your Thing 10. Let It All Go Purchase and receive an instant download.