Gary Clark Jr - Blak and Blu

The Tune for Today is: 

Gary Clark Jr - You Saved Me 

It's taken me a little while to bounce back
I've been falling from some thing good
People say I took a little too long
Oh I did, yeah, Oh baby oh

Till you came a long and you saved me,
you saved me, with that good love
You came a long and you saved me,
you saved me, oh, with that good love

It's taken me a little while to come back
I've been working on some thing good
Oh, so every now and then I tend to fall back
Oh lord, I've been misunderstood

Till you came along and you saved me
you saved me with that good love
oh yeah yeah
You came around and you saved me
you saved me, oh, with that good love

oh yeah, yeah 

You've got it all baby
I'm so addicted
I, I cant help but want it more and more and more

You've got it all baby
I'm so addicted
I, I can't help but want it more and more and more

You saved me, oh 

Till you came along and you saved me
you saved me, with that good love

You came a long and you saved me
you saved me, oh, with that good love
oh yeah, oh yeah
Till you came along and you saved me
you saved me with that good love

ohh you came along and you saved me
you saved me, oh, with that good love

You came a long
You saved me
you saved me

Review by Mark Deming 

Gary Clark, Jr. has been hailed by a number of critics as "the New Hendrix," which seems to be the fate of any guitarist who combines blues and rock styles at a considerable volume (particularly if they cover "Third Stone from the Sun"). While that's a blurb that may look good in Clark's press kit, it rather misses the point; Clark isn't a visionary, game-changing artist like Hendrix, but instead he's a canny singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist who has learned from the past and present, fusing them into a style that's distinctive and exciting if not necessarily revolutionary. Warner Bros. is also pitching Blak and Bluas Clark's "groundbreaking debut album," when in fact it's just his major-label debut, with four indie releases preceding it, making the confidence and ambition of this set a bit less remarkable. But if Gary Clark, Jr. isn't likely to change the way we look at rock & roll or rewrite the aesthetic of the electric guitar, he is one of the most interesting talents to come out of the contemporary blues scene in quite some time. On Blak and Blu, most of Clark's tunes are solidly rooted in the blues, but he's also folded in hearty servings of hard rock, funk, retro-soul, and even a dash of hip-hop, and the way he lets the flavors mix is a big part of what makes this album work so well. There's an undertow of Northern Soul on the dance-friendly opener "Ain't Messin' Round," "Travis County" is a no-frills rocker that recalls the Stonesin fifth gear, "The Life" finds Clark moving back and forth between singing and rapping in a streetwise tale of drug addiction, "Numb" recalls the punk blues attack of the Black Keys and the White Stripes in its fuzzed-out blast, and the title cut samples both Gil Scott-Heron and Albert King as Clark melds conscious themes with blues backdrops. While the typical modern-day guitar hero goes out of his way to throw his dexterity in your face at every turn, here Clark shows off a tougher and more primal style, and though his chops are certainly good, he keep his solos concise and his attack muscular throughout. And if his songwriting is a bit uneven, he has an inarguable talent with both lyrics and melodies, and he's a good-to-great singer, sounding soulful and honest on every cut. Blak and Blu's production (by Rob Cavallo andMike Elizondo in collaboration with Clark) is too polished and processed for its own good, but if this album isn't likely to change your life, it will make an hour of it a lot more interesting, and there's no arguing that Gary Clark, Jr. is a talent strong enough to match his record company's hype.

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