Search - Jimmy Burns :: Back to the Delta

A delta voice in the windy city

R. G. Wheeler | 10/23/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Unlike many of his peers, Chicago-based Jimmy Burns writes, sings and plays his Delta blues like he never left the country and never let the city break his heart or rot his roots. Perhaps not relying upon music as a means to a living allowed him to maintain a more positive sense of his rural upbringing and keep at bay the demons of the city. In any case this is a very strong, energetic and emotionally uplifting contemporary blues album with a vocal and guitar style as easy flowing as the Mississippi on an early summer evening a half-century ago. This is Jimmy Burns at his peak in 2003 with the promise of a productive recording future as long as he's heard more.

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Jimmy Burns returns home and takes you along for the ride...

Jeff | North Carolina | 03/20/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Okay, I have to admit that I am bias. Jimmy has become a friend over the years that I've known him. I was fortunate to travel with Jimmy back to the delta, literally. He asked me to travel with him to Dublin, Mississippi to photograph the cd cover. It was one of the best trips I've ever been on and a true honor. The songs on this cd definitely reflect Jimmy's roots in the Delta, while avoiding cliché. Jimmy goes back to the delta but never leaves Chicago behind. This cd is fantastic!"