Luther Kent - Luther

When you live down here you kind of end up taking Luther Kent for granted - he's been around forever, always been really good, always has a terrific band and somehow we just take him as a local fixture. The facts of the matter are that Big Luther is a treasure and ALWAYS delivers in spades when you see him live. He has always had a large band which may well be part of the reason that the outside world is largely unaware of him - it is just way too expensive to take that show on the road. All that taken; this is one Singin' mo-fo who has long deserved wider recognition.

Over the years Luther's gigantic vocal growl (Luther is at least 6'6" and 250 lbs) has taken on more and more of the honey from his deep love of Bobby Bland and Johnny Adams...in other words he keeps getting better! Often the band has half of the badasses in town for any given performance - this record is no exception, the band is super tight and obviously New Orleans.

So my friends - welcome to New Orleans, here is local treasure you have likely missed.
(btw a few of these tracks represent the last sessions arranged by the great Wardell Quezergue, sadly which tunes is unclear.)