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Full Moon Lightnin' - AR003

Recorded live (Oct. 20th, 2003) at 257 Delta Avenue, Clarksdale Mississippi, in the old WROX building in which DJ Early Wright ran his blues show in this location from 1948 to 1954.

Inspired from hearing a recording of the song Full Moon Lightnin' (included here) cut a few months earlier, film maker John Gardiner rounded up his crew and returned with Floyd to the deep South in search of his family and past. The recordings presented here are part of what was documented. Floyd reaches back to his early years and pours out his soul on these 11 cuts, pulling all who listen back with him. He shows us something he has carried around inside since abruptly leaving his birthplace over 60 years ago. Floyd is joined by his long time sideman, guitarist Joel Poluck, bassman Brad Vickers and the legendary Sam Carr on drums. The result is a classic blues recording. Using only two microphones, there was no worrying about getting it down crystal clear. You'll hear the occasional distortion and background noise which only adds to its immediacy and will feel as though you're listening to a vintage radio broadcast from the golden era of blues. That's Full Moon Lightnin'!