01	Every Morning						03:00
	02	Tell Everybody I know						03:10
	03	Love Blues						03:02
	04	Victims of Comfort						03:21
	05	Angelina						03:47
	06	Anybody Seen My Girl						02:56
	07	She Just Wants to Dance						03:29
	08	Am I Wrong						02:19
	09	Come on in my Kitchen						04:09
	10	Dirty Lowdown and Bad						03:08
	11	Don't try to Explain						03:58
	12	Kindhearted Woman Blues						03:29
	13	City Boy						04:06

(c) 1994 OKeh/epic (Sony) EK 57863

Recording: Red Zone Studios, Burbank CA
Keb' Mo': vocals, guitars, harmonica, banjo
Tommy Eyre: keyboards
James "Hutch" Hutchinson: bass
Laval Belle: drums
Quentin Dennard: drums (track 5)
Tony Draunagel: percussion (track 9)

Entry updated: Mike Lempriere mikel@speakeasy.org 15-Apr-1997



Keb' Mo'
Date of Release Jun 3, 1994

Keb' Mo's self-titled debut is an edgy, ambitious collection of gritty country blues. Keb' Mo' pushes into new directions, trying to incorporate some of the sensibilites of the slacker revolution without losing touch of the tradition that makes the blues the breathing, vital art form it is. His attempts aren't always successful, but his gutsy guitar playing and impassioned vocals, as well as his surprisingly accomplished songwriting, make Keb' Mo' a debut to cherish. - Thom Owens

Laval Belle - Drums
Quentin Dennard - Drums
Tommy Eyre - Keyboards
James "Hutch" Hutchinson - Bass
Joe McGrath - Engineer, Mixing
Vladimir Meller - Mastering
John Porter - Producer
John Strother - Engineer
Rich Veltrop - Second Engineer
Keb' Mo' - Banjo, Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Mark Burdett - Art Direction

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Keb' Mo'
AKA born: Kevin Moore
Born Oct 3, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA

Keb' Mo' draws heavily on the old-fashioned country blues style of Robert Johnson, but keeps his sound contemporary with touches of soul and folksy storytelling. He writes much of his own material and has applied his acoustic, electric, and slide guitar skills to jazz and rock-oriented bands in the past as well. Born Kevin Moore in Los Angeles to parents of Southern descent, he was exposed to gospel music at a young age. At 21, Moore joined an R&B band later hired for a tour by Papa John Creach and played on three of Creach's albums. Opening for jazz and rock artists such as the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jefferson Starship, and Loggins & Messina helped broaden Moore's horizons and musical abilities. Moore cut an R&B-based solo album, Rainmaker, in 1980 for Casablanca, which promptly folded. In 1983, he joined Monk Higgins' band as a guitarist and met a number of blues musicians who collectively increased his understanding of the music. He subsequently joined a vocal group called the Rose Brothers and gigged around L.A. 1990 found Moore portraying a Delta bluesman in a local play called Rabbit Foot and later playing Robert Johnson in a docudrama called Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? He released his self-titled debut album as Keb' Mo' in 1994, featuring two Robert Johnson covers, 11 songs written or co-written by Moore, and his guitar and banjo work. Keb' Mo' performed a well-received set at the 1995 Newport Folk Festival. Keb' Mo's second album, Just Like You, was equally well-received. Slow Down followed in 1998 and Door was issued two years later. - Steve Huey


1994 Keb' Mo' OKeh/550/Epic
1996 Just Like You OKeh/550/Epic
1998 Slow Down OKeh/550/Epic
2000 The Door OKeh/550/Epic
2001 Big Wide Grin Sony Wonder