The other night I went to see Mr. Bryan Lee play at the Ringside Cafe’. I think at this point everyone knows of my admiration of Bryan, and if you don’t, you need only to read through the archives of this site. So, with that said, I am gonna skip on the Bryan Lee bio and my fanboy gushings and get to the subject at hand…..a new Bryan Lee cd.

IMO, the best place to start getting to know Bryan (and blues music at all), is via his live albums. Specifically, get Live at the Absinthe House….it’ll kick your ass. To my surprise, Bryan’s studio effort (this is the first I’ve heard from him) seems just as personable. Like he bypassed all studio trickery and just went for the “reach out and grab ya” card. There is nothing about this cd that will disappoint a Blues (Chicago mostly?) fan at all. At a time when anyone with a second cousin is writing songs about Katrina, leave it to a New Orleans resident and Bourbon street regular to write a song about the devastation in such a blunt and plain manner. People listening long after the words “Hurricane Katrina” lose their sting will understand exactly what happened in one particular port town on the Mississippi delta.

Bryan Lee - Katrina Was Her Name
Bryan Lee - Don’t Joke With The Stroke
Bryan Lee - 29 Ways

Bryan Lee’s Official Site, Buy Katrina Was Her Name