01	Your Love						04:18
	02	The Itch						04:55
	03	Eileen						06:31
	04	Remain Silent						04:42
	05	Still There For Me						03:10
	06	Rita						04:52
	07	I'm A Hero						04:45
	08	Suitcase						04:50
	09	Whole 'Nutha Thang						03:55
	10	I See Love						03:59
	11	I'll Be Your Water						03:14
	12	Life Is Beautiful						04:16

Suitcase - Keb' Mo'

Release Date - Jun 13, 2006

Review by Steve Leggett

On Suitcase, his eighth studio release, Keb' Mo' (Kevin Moore) reunites with John Porter, the producer of Moore's critically lauded first album, and the result is a pleasant, midtempo suite of songs dedicated to the emotional baggage everyone carries with them as they plow through increasingly complicated lives in search of peace, love, and some measure of personal redemption. Moore covers this ground with a wink and a grin in his voice, though, and Suitcase emerges as a wry commentary on modern life that still manages to sound bright and positive, beginning with the effervescent, sprung reggae rhythm of the opening track, "Your Love," one of the best cuts here. Other highlights include the lovely ballad, "Still There for Me," a celebration of the little man and his private victories, "I'm a Hero," and the soothing, hopeful shuffle that closes things out, "Life Is Beautiful." Moore is generally classified as a blues player, but the truth is, aside from his first album, he has actually done very little true blues material, and it is probably more accurate to call what he does blues-informed, but even that ignores the point that he is probably much closer in tone, theme, and feel to James Taylor than he is to Robert Johnson or any other blues figure. He does turn to the blues here, though, on the title track, "Suitcase," and morphs it into a wonderfully engaging song about what people bring into a romantic relationship and what they take away in the end, making full use of the "emotional baggage" connection inherent in the title. It is Keb' Mo' at his best, drawing on his ability to synthesize roots forms like the blues into completely contemporary commentaries on the struggles, travails, and blind faith in personal redemption that accompanies people as they slog their way daily ever deeper into the 21st century.





1 Your Love

Electric Guitar – Fran Banish
Electric Guitar, Steel Guitar [National] – Keb' Mo'*
Organ [Hammond B3] – Michael Finnigan*
Bass – Reggie McBride
Drums – Sergio Gonzalez*


2 The Itch

Guitar [Leslie] – Kat Dyson*
Piano, Organ [Hammond B3] – Jon Cleary
Bass – Reggie McBride
Resonator Guitar [Pogreba], Guitar [Rhythm] – Keb' Mo'*
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Jeff Paris
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Drums – Sergio Gonzalez*, Steve Ferrone
Lyrics By, Music By – Jeff Paris, Keb' Mo'*
Backing Vocals – Sir Harry Bowens*, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Vince Bonham*


3 Eileen

Resonator Guitar [Steel Dobro], Guitar – Keb' Mo'*
Organ [Hammond B3] – Michael Finnigan*
Bass – Reggie McBride
Guitar [Volume Swells] – Fran Banish
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Drums – Sergio Gonzalez*
Backing Vocals – Vida Simon


4 Remain Silent

Organ [Hammond B3] – Jon Cleary
Bass – Reggie McBride
Electric Guitar – Fran Banish
Steel Guitar [Pedal] – Greg Leisz
Saxophone [Tenor] – Joe Sublett
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Jeff Paris
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Trumpet, Trombone – Darrell Leonard
Resonator Guitar [Pogreba] – Keb' Mo'*
Drums – Sergio Gonzalez*
Lyrics By, Music By – Alan Rich*, Keb' Mo'*
Backing Vocals – Sir Harry Bowens*, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Vince Bonham*


5 Still There For Me

Electric Guitar [Baritone] – Terry Wollman
Organ [Hammond B3] – Michael Finnigan*
Bass – Reggie McBride
Acoustic Guitar – Keb' Mo'*
Electric Guitar – Fran Banish
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Drums – Sergio Gonzalez*


6 Rita

Organ [Hammond B3] – Michael Finnigan*
Bass – Reggie McBride
Trumpet, Performer [Trombonium] – Darrell Leonard
Electric Guitar – Fran Banish, Keb' Mo'*
Steel Guitar [Pedal] – Greg Leisz
Saxophone [Tenor] – Joe Sublett
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Jon Cleary
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Drums – Sergio Gonzalez*
Backing Vocals – Sir Harry Bowens*


7 I'm A Hero

Bass – Reggie McBride
Electric Guitar – Fran Banish, Keb' Mo'*
Steel Guitar [Pedal] – Greg Leisz
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Michael Finnigan*
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Drums – Sergio Gonzalez*
Lyrics By, Music By – James Ingram, Keb' Mo'*
Backing Vocals – James Ingram


8 Suitcase

Harmonica [Harp] – Paul Oscher
Mandolin – Jeff Paris
Resonator Guitar [National] – Fran Banish, Keb' Mo'*
Double Bass [Upright] – Reggie McBride
Drums – Steve Ferrone
Lyrics By, Music By – Jenny Yates, Keb' Mo'*


9 Whole 'Nutha Thang

Bass – Reggie McBride
Trumpet – Darrell Leonard
Electric Guitar – Fran Banish, Keb' Mo'*
Saxophone [Tenor] – Joe Sublett
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Jeff Paris
Drums – Stephen Ferrone*
Lyrics By, Music By – Keb' Mo'*, Mac Davis


10 I See Love

Organ [Hammond B3] – Michael Finnigan*
Bass – Reggie McBride
Acoustic Guitar – Fran Banish
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Drums – Sergio Gonzalez*
Electric Guitar, Banjo – Keb' Mo'*
Clarinet – Greg Tardy
Lyrics By, Music By – Josh Kelley, Keb' Mo'*
Backing Vocals – Sir Harry Bowens*, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Vince Bonham*


11 I'll Be Your Water

Lyrics By, Music By – John Lewis Parker, Keb' Mo'*
Acoustic Guitar – Keb' Mo'*


12 Life Is Beautiful

Soloist, Mandolin – John Porter
Bass – Reggie McBride
Acoustic Guitar – Fran Banish, Keb' Mo'*
Mandolin – Jeff Paris
Drums – Steve Ferrone
Lyrics By, Music By – Colin Linden, Keb' Mo'*