Lead Me On (Kelly Joe Phelps album)

Lead Me On is the debut album of American blues singer and guitarist Kelly Joe Phelps. It is his first release on the Burnside label before moving to Rykodisc Records.

Lead Me On
Studio album by
Kelly Joe Phelps
ReleasedMay 1994
RecordedDead Aunt Thelma's
GenreBlues, country blues
Length70:22
LabelBurnside
Kelly Joe Phelps chronology
Lead Me On
(1994)		 Roll Away the Stone
(1997)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Roch Parisien wrote of the album "This is the real deal — Phelps performs with the full authority and authenticity of the Delta blues tradition without ever once sounding like a Folkways museum piece."[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Kelly Joe Phelps except as noted.

  1. "I've Been Converted" (Traditional) – 6:16
  2. "Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues" (Skip James) – 5:24
  3. "Where Do I Go Now" – 5:33
  4. "Love Me Baby Blues" (Joe Calicott) – 4:41
  5. "Lead Me On" – 4:46
  6. "Jesus Make up My Dying Bed" (Traditional) – 5:17
  7. "Leavin' Blues" (Herman Johnson) – 5:54
  8. "Marking Stone Blues" – 4:58
  9. "The Black Crow Keeps Flying" – 4:17
  10. "I'd Be a Rich Man" – 4:44
  11. "Someone to Save Me" – 6:35
  12. "Motherless Children" (Traditional)– 7:24
  13. "Fare Thee Well" – 4:33

Personnel
  • Kelly Joe Phelps - vocals, guitar, stomp box
  • Engineered by Mike Moore
  • Executive producer – Terry Carrier
  • Photos by James Rexroad, Project 47

References
  1. Parisien, Roch. "Lead Me On > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
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