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01. RYO TAKEMATSU - Six-O-Seven Blues (Ryo Takematsu)
02. RYO TAKEMATSU - Old Country Rock (William Moore)
03. RYO TAKEMATSU - In Christ There Is No East Or West (John Fahey)
04. RYO TAKEMATSU - I'm So Glad (Skip James)
05. RYO TAKEMATSU - On Doing an Evil Deed Blues (John Fahey)
06. RYO TAKEMATSU - Requiem for John Hurt (John Fahey)
07. RYO TAKEMATSU - On Doing an Evil Deed Blues (Tomoki Kanda Re-Edit)
ARTIST
TITLE
Six-O-Seven Blues
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
EM 1117CD EM 1117CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
12/10/2013

Tokyo's Ryo Takematsu proves the universality and timelessness of the blues on his debut solo release Six-O-Seven Blues. Recorded mainly in a Japanese bedroom, Takematsu's heartfelt and sincere acoustic guitar-playing filters his love of pre-war American country blues through the more relatively recent influences of John Fahey and Backwards Sam Firk; the seven pieces here, on three 7" records, slingshot these influences through space and time, from America in a previous century to 21st-century Japan and on to the wider world. Bookended by opening and closing collaborative tracks, Takematsu, one of the founding members of EM Records stalwarts Noahlewis' Mahlon Taits, rides solo for the bulk of the tracks, sounding relaxed and focused. The opening title-track, by Takematsu, features some guest percussion from his bandmates, and the final track is a remix, by Tomoki Kanda, of John Fahey's "On Doing an Evil Deed Blues." Two more tracks by Fahey appear, plus songs by Skip James and William Moore. This time-travelling set is a charm.