Blues Is My Wailin' Wall
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| Blues Is My Wailin' Wall | ||||
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| Released | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | Blue Thumb | |||
| Producer | Mighty Mo Rodgers | |||
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Blues Is My Wailin' Wall is the debut album by the American musician Mighty Mo Rodgers, released in 1999.[1][2] Rodgers referred to his music as "nu bluez"; he was also working on a master's thesis titled "Blues as Metaphysical Music (Its Musicality and Ontological Underpinnings)".[3][4] He initially released the album on his label, North Star Records, in December 1998.[5] Rodgers supported the album with a North American tour.[6] He was nominated for a W. C. Handy Award for "Best New Artist Debut".[7]
Rodgers funded the album, which he produced and recorded over 18 months.[5][8] Rodgers was influenced by Ralph Ellison's Juneteenth, which argued that the blues were a part of the lives of all Black Americans.[9] He was also influenced by Jimmy Reed and Willie Dixon, whom he saw perform at his father's Indiana club.[10] "Tuskegee Blues" is about the Tuskegee Syphilis Study.[5] "Took Away the Drum" made use of kalimbas.[11]
