“The water is way too high,” is a lyric from Ray Bonneville’s new album, Bad Man’s Blood, which comes out today. And it is an unfortunately prescient sentiment, as the waters recede from Hurricane Irene on the east coast. We hope that you and yours made it through the storm with minimal stress and damage, and that things will get back to normal soon. The Red Cross is accepting donations, if you can aid the folks who are in need. Just a hot meal or some clothing can be so helpful.
Ray Bonneville, roaming blues poet and musician, brings us today’s song, which is about the Mississippi flooding, but weather events are happening way too often in way too many places these days. This collection of new songs continues to bring that down and dirty quality that Ray is known for, capturing life’s hardships in bas-relief. Music Fog had an especially memorable moment in the ranch house at Cherokee Creek Music Festival in May, when Ray Bonneville was joined by Rad Lorkovic on accordion, and John Fullbright on keys. Heartbreaking beauty ensued. See Ray in concert somewhere soon. Here is the Music Fog version of “Mississippi.”
- Jessie Scott
