Hwy 321 Blues Album of the Month: Review

Blues Hall of Famer John Primer called out the big guns to celebrate his youth as a sharecropper in the cottonfields of Mississippi. From the field holler that opens the set to the homage to the lowly crawfish that inhabit the bayou, he serves up a deep-blue treat that’ll have you craving more.

Bobby Rush, Charlie Musselwhite, Deak Harp and Steve Bell share harmonica duties in the lineup, which also includes appearances from Watermelon Slim, Lightnin’ Malcolm, BMA winning keyboard player Eden Brent, vocals from John’s daughter Aliya and several other Delta treasures, too.

Don’t miss “John’s Blue Holler,” “Born in Mississippi,” “Down in the Bottom,” “Nothin’ but a Chicken Wing,” “A Better Day,” “When I Met the Blues,” “Let Me Be Your Electrician,” “Shame, Shame, Shame,” “Lay My Burdens Down,” “Ain’t Kickin’ Up No Dust” and “John’s Crawdad Song.”