Keb' Mo' - Just Like You

[fredblue]

Echoing all the other comments here, superb sound quality and great surround mix.. couple of added observations: there's very little centre channel info going on but the front centre imaging is so good you'd swear the centre was very active (amazing!) and there's no QQ Poll for this (or at least if there is I can't find it.).

If there were a QQ Poll I can see this getting consistently high marks, lots of 9's and 10's I suspect.

 

[Quad Linda]

10. Exceptional. As I mentioned in another thread, I highly recommend The Door and Keb Mo on 2ch SACD.




If you like Keb Mo, might I suggest a friend of his from Chicago named Eric Bibb. Eric has several SACD titles on the great Opus 3 label. Most were 2ch and reissued in 5.1. Although the surround effects are minimal, the music and realism are spectacular. His style is most similar to Keb Mo. I met Eric and few years ago at his concert at the Old Town School of Music. He's as charming as his music. He isn't a Keb Mo imitator, since Eric's career began in the late '70's, long before Keb Mo.

Opus 3 is an audiophile label who records their artists live to analog with virtually no fiddling and very few components. The imaging is breathtaking.

I also chanced upon the guys responsible for Opus 3 at CES. They were auditioning some audiophile gear. They were astounded at the respect we expressed for their work. I often demoed high end gear with Eric Bibb.

In My Father's House (live - studio version on Spirit and the Blues): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TUp7FiWRgc

Needed Time (live - studio version also on Spirit and the Blues - dialog box on screen disappears within a few seconds):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWRDM_qMbjk








On Telarc:

 

[DuncanS]

I've all the Eric Bibb, and I've seen him play at a few festivals in the UK, absolutely brilliant - if you like soulful Blues buy them!

 

[bmoura]

I second Quad Linda's rave reviews of the Opus 3 SACDs by Eric Bibb. I like the music - and the recordings are just excellent sonically. Highly recommended !