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Keb'Mo'- The Door [2000]

Tracks:
 1."The Door"
 2."Loola Loo"
 3."It Hurts Me Too"
 4."Come On Back"
 5."Stand Up (And Be Strong)"
 6."Anyway"
 7."Don't You Know"
 8."It's All Coming Back"
 9."Gimme What You Got"
 10."Mommy Can I Come Home"
 11."Change"
 12."The Beginning"

Amazon Editorial:
Singer-guitarist Kevin Moore, known by his slangy abbreviation Keb' Mo', has already enjoyed commercial success. He's cut radio hits like "I Was Wrong," toured with Bonnie Raitt, and won Grammys for his last two albums. Yet this time, Moore's truly nailed his blues-pop ambitions with a warm mix of sonics and songcraft. The Door wraps spare arrangements around Moore's bone-deep slide guitar and the slow-granite foundation of drummer Jim Keltner and bassist Reggie McBride. They catch the spirit of the music's simple country roots, but spin savvy moves like updating Elmore James's "It Hurts Me Too" with a hip-hop groove that flies. Moore has also penned wise, sweetly emotional lyrics. He weaves themes like class-consciousness (the star-crossed love ode "Anyway") and poverty of the spirit ("Change") into heart-tugging ballads colored by the chocolate-y Mississippi moan of his voice. Add in flourishes of electric jazz guitar and some nasty rock tones, and this tallies up as his most ambitious, balanced CD. But shouldn't he have called it The Do'? --Ted Drozdowski 

cduniverse:
For his fourth album, California native Keb' Mo' continues down his same creative path, weaving traditional country blues with more contemporary pop sounds. Content to leave guitar histrionics to young bucks like Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, the former Kevin Moore instead uses his skill with a National Steel guitar to give his material a texture like smooth sippin' whiskey.

Keb' Mo's most endearing quality is a laid-back persona that fits comfortably like a worn pair of jeans. This molasses-slow delivery works particularly well on the uplifting title track of spiritual renewal, and the laconic "It's All Coming Back," which features jazzy guitar chords and George Benson-like scatting. He demonstrates a sure hand in covering a wide range of human emotion and social situations, including the sad scenarios of class barriers ("Anyway") and poignant heartbreak ("Come On Back"). Elsewhere, he shows off his sassy side with the slyly ribald "Gimme What You Got," complete with funky licks buoyed by bouncy brass and string arrangements, in addition to a weird, Eurodisco-like cover of Elmore James' "It Hurts Me Too," dripping with slide guitar.

Personnel: 
Keb' Mo' (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Dennis Collins, James "D-Train" Williams , Leon Ware , Marva Hicks (vocals, background vocals); Clayton Gibb (banjo); Scarlet Rivera (violin); Thomas Tally (viola); Gerri Sutyak (cello); Lawrence Feldman (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); David Mann (tenor saxophone); Lew Soloff (trumpet); Michael Davis (trombone); Greg Phillinganes (keyboards, synthesizer, guitar synthesizer); Tommy Eyre (string synthesizer); Steve Jordan , Sergio González (drums, percussion); Jim Keltner (drums).

Met grote dank aan Motormuijs!