01. Big Mama’s Door (Might Return)
02. Motivational Speaker
03. Stomp Dance
04. In My Time of Dying
05. Lawd I’m Just a Country Boy in This Great Big Freaky City
06. My World Is Round
07. Nobody’s Fault but Mine
08. Shoot Me a Grin
09. The Worm
10. Necessary Roughness (A Power Move)
11. The Meanest Jukebox in Town
12. How Long Before I Change My Clothes
13. Shootout on I-55

Alvin Youngblood Hart- (Vocals, Guitar, Tambourine);
Gary Rasmussen- (Vocals, Bass Guitar);
Edward Michaels- (Drums, Percussion).

Bluesman Alvin Youngblood Hart's Motivational Speaker is his first outing since Down in the Alley, his stellar, acoustic collection of covers from 2002. Cut in Memphis with a very electric trio that includes Gary Rasmussen (former Rationals and Sonic's Rendezvous bassist) and drummer Ed Michaels, the album is a hard-edged, wooly, dirt-under-the-nails affair. Hart produced the set himself and brought in a number of guests including Jim and Luther Dickinson, Audley Freed, Richard Ford, Susan Marshall, Richard Rosenblatt, and Jim Spake. The album kicks off with a nasty redo of Hart's signature tune "Big Mama's Door," with slide guitars wrangling and popping before exploding into the title cut, another original that notches the volume level up two and pushes the raw, funky quotient through the roof. Hart's cover of "In My Time of Dying" is another traditional tune, reclaimed from Led Zeppelin (the first was "Gallow's Pole" on his debut). The sonics here are reminiscent of Neil Young & Crazy Horse until Hart begins to sing: his blues wail is emotionally taut, open, low and primal. Likewise, his own cover of Otis Redding's "Nobody's Fault but Mine" (Zep did it on Presence) features a raunchy horn section and scorches with its loose, almost unglued manner adding a whole new dimension. However, rather than merely being heard as a way to set the record straight, it is just as valid to listen to these tunes as a tribute to Led Zep. Despite his instinct for great covers -- including Paul Rodgers' "The Worm" and "How Long Before I Change My Clothes," or the reverent honky tonk read of Johnny Paycheck's "The Meanest Jukebox in Town," it's Hart's originals and the over-the-red-line attack this band plays them with that are the album's true standouts -- check the guitar freak-out on "Shoot Me a Grin" and the stomping, riff-heavy blues-rock of "Necessary Roughness." Motivational Speaker is a solid, rootsy raucous chapter in the unfolding saga of the era's most diverse bluesman. ---Thom Jurek, Rovi

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1. Tallacatcha
2. Illinois Blues
3. Ouachita Run
4. Sallie, Queen Of The Pines (for Walter Boyd's Mama)
5. Countrycide (the Ballad Of Ed & Charlie Brown)
6. Ice Rose
7. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
8. Mama Don't Allow
9. John Hardy
10. Just About To Go
11. Underway At Seven

Musicians:
Alvin Youngblood Hart - Dobro, Guitars, Synthesizer, Lap Steel Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Chris Siebert - Piano
Bill MacBeath -	Bass
Brian Godchaux – Fiddle
Jules Broussard - Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
Bill Ortiz – Trumpet
Marty Wehner – Trombone
Pete Sears – Accordion
Barry Lowenthal – Drums
Josh Jones - Congas, Percussion

Folklorist Alvin Youngblood Hart is a virtuoso by comparison. On Territory (Hannibal 1431; 46:40) he tackles Skip James' "Illinois Blues" with milky reverb and plays charming 12-string guitar and mandolin on his original "Ouachita Run." On the swinging "Talhacatcha" he sounds like Jimmie Rogers or Bob Wills. The haunting "Countryside" is awash in Daniel Lanois-styled production values while "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" is a pure delight. Hart's obvious command of Piedmont and Delta styles is beautifully balanced by a sincere and soulful expression that makes this one a pleasurable listening experience. --- Bill Milkowski, jazztimes.com

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