For someone who literally has never tried an illicit drug before I’m always fascinated by songs that add drugs to the mix. Ted Russell Kamp’s new record Poor Man’s Paradise is due out in the US on Feb. 17 and features one such song. “Old Folks Blues” includes a litany of things that are bad for you and then some. But it also deals with some of the consequences of the choices the protagonist made.
Ted Russell Kamp is skilled multi-instrumentalist but he is also well known as the bassist in Shooter Jennings band. So you can imagine that he’s been exposed to a ton of great music. In the liner notes Kamp describes the recording process this way, “recorded in Ted’s living room, the Shooter Jennings tour bus & countless hotel rooms across America”. You can hear that on the diverse styles of music represented on the new record. Here’s “Old Folks Blues”, buy Poor Man’s Paradise here.
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