Voodoo Rhythm Rec. 
Andy Dale Petty : All God's Children have Shoes (US,2008)*°°°
Reverend Beat-Man, mentioned as the guy’s spiritual advisor, seems to show much sympathy for this poor man’s blues artist, guitarist, singer, who followed trails of Bob Dylan (when imitating simple blues (pro)portions), John Fahey (for having launched the definition for American primitive guitar style, with one cover to end the release with), while discovering old time country folk traditionals, also for some references to life, and while suffering the broke workman’s blues. He isn’t the best singer but again, he is real. And he plays the American primitive guitar style in a convincing walk your own road way. There are also a few sparse arrangements, like a bit of electric piano and stomping wood on “Empty Bottle Blues”, and with “the coo-coo bird” played by banjo with guitar. The short songs and then instrumentals are entertaining, for me the singing began to annoy me, first on the Johnny Cash song cover, even worse on “Joe Hill” and getting too much by the time of “where the fiddle plays again”. It’s not just a poor voice, there’s laziness in the fact of being poor, not becoming too rich in timbre and offerings, while the banjo/guitar explorations compensate for a large part, the sympathy of the real life interests could do as well.
