Pitchfork: Spiritualized, Fiery Furnaces, Iggy & The Stooges Contribute to Junior Kimbrough Tribute LP

Spiritualized, Fiery Furnaces, Iggy & The Stooges Contribute to Junior Kimbrough Tribute LP

January 11th will see the release of Sunday Nights: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough, a new tribute to the revered Delta bluesman, via the Oxford, MS-based blues label Fat Possum. The record features 16 recordings of his songs-- all previously unreleased-- by Spiritualized, The Fiery Furnaces, Blues Explosion (with guitar work and production by Elliott Smith), The Black Keys, Mark Lanegan, and a revamped lineup of Iggy & The Stooges featuring legendary Minutemen member Mike Watt standing in for the band's original bassist, Dave Alexander, who died of drug-related causes in 1975. Also of note is a duet between blues-folk singer/songwriter Entrance and Cat Power.

"Though the world doesn't need another tribute record, it does need to know about Junior Kimbrough and this is an excellent start," reads a statement on the disc from Fat Possum founder Matthew Johnson, who also advises that listeners seek out other Kimbrough records the label has released. The release also includes hackneyed liner notes by Rolling Stone scribe Anthony DeCurtis, who humorously asserts that Kimbrough's "mesmerizing, bone-chilling guitar lines, ageless and timeless, continue to make their way out in the world, leaving no one who has heard them at all the same." Tracklist:

01 Iggy & The Stooges: "You Better Run Version #1"
02 Spiritualized: "Sad Days Lonely Nights"
03 Blues Explosion: "Meet Me in the City"
04 Heartless Bastards: "Done Got Old"
05 The Black Keys: "My Mind Is Ramblin'"
06 Pete Yorn: "I Feel Good Again"
07 Entrance & Cat Power: "Do the Romp"
08 The Fiery Furnaces: "I'm Leaving"
09 Mark Lanegan: "All Night Long"
10 Thee Shams: "Release Me"
11 Jim White: "Done Got Old"
12 Outrageous Cherry: "Lord Have Mercy on Me"
13 Whitey Kurst: "Pull Your Clothes Off"
14 Jack Oblivion: "I'm in Love With You"
15 The Ponys: "Burn in Hell"
16 Iggy & The Stooges: "You Better Run Version #2"