The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 25, 1990 - Page 9 Various Artists Genuine Houserockin' Music IV Xlligator Most anycollection with "genuine" in the title is obviously bogus, as are most sequels. Despite the utter lack of pithiness in the title, this is a great album, especially when you turn it up to 11, or whatever volume causes your fillings to shake loose. Whoever dreamed up the ,fantasticallywdull title could have Wtake n a few pointers from the various artists on the album. Charles "Gatemouth" Brown sings "Got my mojo workin'," clearly understanding the excellence of the word "mojo," which is only eclipsed with his percussive guitar work. The eclectic mix moves from Charlie Musselwhite ("she sleeps in the kitchen/ with her feet out in the 1all") to Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women, an acoustic trio of middle-aged women with buckets of soul. This indeed is rockin' blues. When you hear Lil' Ed and the Blue Imperials singing about "Chicken, Gravy and Biscuits," you begin to understand what this compilation is about (because I have decided at this point that I am incapable of explaining it). But that never stopped me before, so onwards... Delbert McClinton throws out a great live version of "B Movie Boxcar Blues". Little Charlie and the Nightcats crank out "Don't Do It", and upcoming San Diego blues band The Paladins have "I Don't Believe" from their new album. In fact, proof positive that this is authentic stuff is the preponderance of the words "don't" and "mama" in the song titles. If you've always wanted to be a blues fan, but never liked blues, give this compilation a shot. Turn it up to 11. -Geardid O'Loinsigh Neville Brothers Brother's Keeper A&M The Neville Brothers are still of the utmost im ortance as a rhythm section. Here, they nicely capture many aspects of funk, left over from the classic days of that genre, defying the aging process of many a "legendary" recording artist. They kick off this album with a gutsy throwdown, "Brother Blood," steeped in sweaty percussion and a tough bassline. The song has a very spiritual feel to it and comes off like an opening hymn to a powerful mass. On the next track, "Brother Jake," the Brothers Neville run down a revivalist homage to said sibling as well as the lesser heard-from cor- ner of R&B. There is an utterly bril- liant balance of repetition with groove here. The key theme here is family, as the album's title would attest. For example, the astonishing "Sons and Daughters," a nod to the militancy of urban America, both musically and politically, is a huge surprise. The track basically begins as a spoken monologue, like the Last Poets, over a very contempo- rary, militant beat. The theme is ba- sically along the lines of Funkadelic's "America Eats Its Young," criticizing the government for its unwritten program to destroy young Black men as well as white. Guitars seep into the mix and, when Art Neville breaks the monotony of his verse and starts to sing "you can't stop... running water," there is no denying the evocative greatness of the moment. The overall theme of Brother's Keeper would be found in "Jah Love," a mellow statement of faith. The verse, "cities of concrete and glass/ all will turn to sand/ but Jah Love," implies a clear denial of the present-day rule of the white man. With all its talk of brothers, sons and daughters, Brother's Keeper is a timely slap in the face of colonialist supremacy, reckless miscegenation and the African Diaspora. -Forrest Green III r - a The Neville Brothers keep each other on the streets of New Orleans. Save the LP! O Daily Arts Recaog nze yti am n do You can fight back! Learn how to: Get your security deposit back! 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