This is the full album before it was "mixed" for release.  It is raw. It is pure. The poetry of Chris' lyrics are more legible.  The tones are what we were listening to in the studio. The actual release mystified people. It never represented the recording.  It never represented the genius of where Chris could, and did, take the blues and rock paradigms. The album is one of rock's Greatest Misses.  

There are some alternate versions, and a different sequence.  Mostly I am posting this because of the decades of conversation with Whitley fans who don't enjoy the album.  How can you convince someone that "really, it's a milestone and a classic" when the only thing they have heard is a watered down commercial release that has little to do with the actual work that was done?  I hope this spurs conversation about this classic!

Chris Whitley-Din Of Ecstasy

 Down By The Riverside - Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee

Gold Is Dreaming Away W Dobro 1

Needle N Damage

K Songs

Cissy Strut

blues test 3

Controlled Descent

2004 | Taken from RK45 003 Alice Russel feat Quantic / JTQ Limited edition 45

http://recordkicks.bandcamp.com/album/somebodys-gonna-love-you-tough-chicken-pt-1-warehouse-finds


James Taylor Quartet - Tough Chicken pt.1

Links to more of my music on ITunes and Spotify.

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blues test 3

Keenan Knight

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