Much like our newest ninebullets.net contributor, I have been plowing through a list of bands I’ve never heard of or heard in preparation of the Deep Blues Festival. While I haven’t been putting it all together in a neat package like she is, I have been reporting a number of those bands in one fashion or another. One of the bands I am most happy to have discovered is this Minnesotan, Charlie Parr.

Charlie plays a self-taught version of the Piedmont Blues that sounds like it’s hopped right off an Al Lomax field recording and into your living room. With a minimalist approach, Charlie sings about everyday people going through everyday suffering. He has six albums to his name with 2007’s self-released Jubilee being his latest. If the thought of acoustic country-blues that sounds like it could have come off a 1940’s front porch wets your whistle, then charlie Parr is your man. Check out the offerings below.

Charlie Parr - Jesus On The Mainline (from Jubilee)
Charlie Parr - I Wonder How Long Till I Can Change My Clothes (from Criminals & Sinners)
Charlie Parr - Hogkill Blues (from 1922)
Charlie Parr - Miner’s Lament (from King Earl)
Charlie Parr - Lowdown (from Criminals & Sinners)
Charlie Parr - In The Ground (from 1922)

Charlie will be playing the Deep Blues Festival on Saturday Afternoon. I will be front and center.