Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram (from the album Hard Road

Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram (from the album Hard Road

Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram (from the album Hard Road available on Red Zero Records/Exceleration Music Partners)  
Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram creates a sound well beyond his years. This Mississippi reared 26-year-old has all the proper Blues chops and credentials; a deep and well-worn croon, lyrics telling the story of a life lived in the Blues, and guitar skills that place him in the canon of the guitar heavy hitters of the genre. All of the aforementioned remain on full display within his latest Hard Road, a straight-ahead dose of Blues Rock that also offers up a load of groove.

It’s Boogie Blues right out of the gate with “Truth”, Kingfish dropping in guitar wah-wah’s while revealing a bit of his early delta life in the “662”, where what could have been a troubled life saved found salvation in a god and music as he sings ‘faith and my guitar was my only way out’; a truth embraced in life and spelled out in the song title. “S.S.S.” is a sly and lovemaking groover, “Nothin’ but Your Love” is an old-school ballad that’s also ripe for a slow dance and then some, as Ingram lays down more ripping guitar in “Voodoo Charm”. There’s smooth R&B in “Clearly”, a cut that is radio ready, and album closer “Memphis” is as traditional as it gets in a big nod to a magical, music city.

Hard Road is a gateway record, with Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram holding the door wide open for anyone wanting to explore the genre. Kingfish and the album are emissaries, and a solid welcoming committee, as digging into both the man and the record is a musical education from someone offering up tunes that remain American classics. (by Bryant Liggett)
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