Cypress grove

"Holmes has eight other albums under his belt yet is relatively unknown even in the blues world. He runs a juke joint in Bentonia, Mississippi (Blue Front Café, apparently the oldest such establishment in the country) started by his parents. It's where the so called "Bentonia blues" lives and breathes. Fortunately, we don't need to take a trip there to soak in that unique sound; Auerbach brings it to us on the gritty Cypress Grove".

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"With Black Key Dan Auerbach producing and contributing guitar to a handful of tracks, the 72-year-old paces a dozen numbers with sharp musical instincts that lie within the strictures of the music that's in his blood. Perhaps wary of Holmes going adrift or sounding old-fashioned, Auerbach also has young guitarist Marcus King step in here and there to modernize the proceedings".