What My Eyes Have Seen

Born in Greendale, Mississippi in 1945 John Blues Boyd was picking cotton in the fields at the age of eight. At fifteen he was run out of town by the Klan and he joined Dr Kings Freedom March at 16. The songs written for this record are snapshots from a life camera. Pivotal moments in a long life, well lived and John has inhabited them with his body and soul. But the magic could only happen with the musical brilliance of Kid Andersen. He hears things that no other producer hears and he makes them come alive. He is the conduit that pulled this record together and helped John Blues Boyd make one of the seminal Blues records of this or any century.

Tracks

1~1~In My Blood
1~2~My Memory Takes Me There Pt.1
1~3~What My Eyes Have Seen
1~4~I Heard The Blues
1~5~Ran Me Out Of Town
1~6~My Memory Takes Me There Pt.2
1~7~A Beautiful Woman (For Dona Mae)
1~8~My Memory Takes Me There Pt.3
1~9~Why Did You Take That Shot
1~10~My Memory Takes Me There Pt.4
1~11~California
1~12~That Singing Roofer
1~13~Forty Nine Years
1~14~I Got To Leave My Mark
1~15~My Memory Takes Me There Pt.9

Details

Format: CD
Artist: John Blues Boyd
Release Date: 17 April 2020
Genre: Rock
Label: Proper/Gulf Coast Records
Distributor: MGM Music