Too Hurt to Cry

by Willie Kent

Overview

There's little newness anyone should expect to hear on a contemporary blues record. The only thing that makes them valuable is if the performer has their own notion of the blues and can state it in a distinctive manner. Willie Kent certainly can; his mournful, often powerful vocals are frequently memorable, even when he's mining the reliable formula of heartache and anguish. If his compositions aren't lyrically transcendent, Kent's rendering of the words elevates them. You never tire of hearing him sing, and he makes you feel and believe his messages, even as his backing band plugs in familiar progressions and lines behind him. Indeed, it's only when Kent covers someone else's music that things become less interesting. ~ Ron Wynn

Product Details

Release Date:	02/04/1994
Label:	Delmark
UPC:	0038153066727
Rank:	108315

Tracks

1. Too Hurt to Cry
2. Going Down the Road
3. A Man and the Blues
4. Willie Mae
5. Blues Train
6. Just Sitting Here Thinking
7. Good Man Feeling Bad
8. This Thing Called Love
9. 911
10. In Case We Both Are Wrong
11. Night Time Is the Right Time
12. Countdown
13. All Night Long

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Willie Kent   Primary Artist,Bass,Vocals
Billy Branch   Guest Artist,Harmonica
Kenny Barker   Organ,Piano
Malachi Thompson   Trumpet
Timothy Taylor   Drums
Sonny Seals   Sax (Tenor)
Will Davis   Guitar
Jacob Dawson   Guitar
Steve Berry   Trombone
Johnny B. Moore   Guitar

Technical Credits

Roosevelt Sykes   Composer
Robert G. Koester   Producer,Album Supervision
Buddy Guy   Composer
Malachi Thompson   Arranger,Horn Arrangements
Willie Kent   Composer
Kathryn Lynch   Digital Producer
Gary Hannabarger   Photography
Sterling D. Plumpp   Composer
Paul Serrano   Engineer