​Memphissippi Sounds (from the album Welcome to the Land

Memphissippi Sounds (from the album Welcome to the Land available on Little Village Records) (by Bryant Liggett)
This is music that’s cool with a capital C. Memphissippi Sounds is gutsy, raw, and heavily Blues-based. The regional reference in the name describes the players; Damion Pearson from Memphis, TN, and Cameron Kimbrough (grandson of Junior Kimbrough) from the Mississippi Hill Country. Their latest, Welcome to the Land extends well beyond Beale Street and the Mississippi Delta, adding Chicago Blues, Detroit Garage Funk, and the ‘Chocolate City’ vibe of Parliament/Funkadelic. Welcome to the land is tough, trance-inducing, and overflowing with groove.
Memphissippi Sounds kick off with Boogie, “Whose Gonna Ride” repeating the phrase ‘whose gonna ride, whose gonna ride with me?’ over chugging guitar and harmonica. They can also slow things down. “Groove with Me” and “You Got the Juice” are horizontal boogie tunes. “Go Downtown” and “High & Low” are a couple of slow-burners with a dash of gritty Psychedelia, “Saturday Morning” a soulful, R&B groover.
Fast or slow, this music is delivered loose. Grooves are created around rubbery riffs and a harmonica driving the rhythm. Jim Dickinson and sons would reference the ‘world boogie is coming’ groove out of North Mississippi for Welcome to the Land. Memphissippi Sounds carries the torch, excelling at laying down loose, good time, repetitive rhythms through both slow burners and boogie bumpers ripe for a universal dance floor, handcrafted for juke joints.   (by Bryant Liggett)
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