Various Artists - Black Snake Moan OST

Black Snakes Moan On A Plane? No, that was Samuel L. Jackson's last film. This one is more appropriately subtitled: "Samuel L. Jackons Sings The Blues. And he does and not badly at that. The company he keeps doesn't hurt either--Christina Ricci, co-star; and, more importantly, the North Mississippi Allstars, Son House, Jesse Mae Hemphill, R.L. Burnside, Charlie Musselwhite, Outrageous Cherry and Precious Bryant! More about the latter later, but first, having Charlie Musselwhite on your album gets you an A+ plus for starters, at least on those cuts. But Precious Bryant--she's a national resource. Anyone remember Elizabeth Cotton? Precious Bryant has her own record, maybe even two. Go get them now! So, the music is not an issue. Samuel L. Jackson sings the blues far better than Bruce Willis or Stephen Seagal ever will. Yet there is the issue of the movie's mixed motif of slavery and bdsm, or is that bdsm and slavery? In any case, Christina Ricci does not sing "Chains." But maybe she should have. "That's Where The Blues Started," Son House sings near the end of the soundtrack. Have you ever been to the Delta Country? Have you seen its sky touch its earth with nothing, absolutely nothing, in between? There you can go down to the "Crossroads" and who knows what will happen? You could fall down on your knees. Haven't seen the movie. Don't have to. I've got the soundtrack. [www.newwestrecords.com]