Living With The Law

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  1991

  James

  Sparse blues that feels both haunted and intimate, Living With The Law kicked off an all-too-brief career. The slide guitar playing feels raw and searching, full of space and tension rather than blues-rock flash. Songs like “Big Sky Country” and “Poison Girl” move with nocturnal quietness, letting atmosphere carry as much meaning as the lyrics. Chris Whitley sounds weathered even when he’s being tender.