This eponymous debut from 1994 has been reissued a few times, and audiophiles having heard it at one show too many might groan at the thought of yet another, but - like Muddy Waters' Folk Singer - it happens for two good reasons: it is both musically and sonically exceptional. Initially only available as a CD, this was one of countless sporadic attempts at making semi-rural blues a viable, contemporary form, and it did help the genre because Keb" Mo' somehow managed to imbue this rather purist, solemn 're-boot' with the vigour of a soul man.
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