Catfish Keith - Put On A Buzz (2011)

Catfish is back with an all new recording of brand new originals and classic country blues & roots music. Picking and sliding his way through fourteen cuts, Catfish shows why he’s been one of the world’s leading exponents of solo acoustic blues for over 30 years. On this album, Catfish plays songs from the old days from such masters as Leadbelly, Bukka White, Frank Stokes, Sol K. Bright and Jazz Gillum, with fantastic tales of dope-fueled dreams, rising from the dead, and Hawaiian cowboys. His originals come from the same weird, heartfelt, downhome place with titles such as “Sigh of the Whippoorwill,” “Paying for it Now,” “Put on a Buzz,” “Xima Jo Road,” and “Can’t Be Undone.”

“…a voice like a canon and a bendy, funky, barkin’ snappin’ guitar style that I’ve never heard anybody successfully imitate. He shouts, he growls, he grins and stomps his foot, and the music rolls out of him like an avalanche. It’s one of the most erotic things I’ve ever seen anybody do with a guitar…hypnotic and beautiful, dark and pure, and nobody can do it like he does it. The chords are strange and not at all what you’d expect, yet the rhythm is essentially blues. It’s a beautiful blend of tradition and creation.” – Gayla Drake Paul, Premier Guitar