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<h6>08 Born In Poverty</h6>
Jimmy Dawkins, guitar <br />
Big Voice Odom, vocals<br />
Otis Rush, guitar<br />
Jim Conley, tenor sax<br />
Sonny Thompson, piano & organ<br />
Ernest Gatewood, bass<br />
Robert Crowder, drums<br />
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One of the truest-sounding blues I’ve ever heard. Born in Louisiana, singer Andrew Odom came to Chicago in his early ’20s, and when he sings about going to bed hungry, you believe him. Known for his vocal resemblance to B.B. King (he was nicknamed "Big Voice" and "B.B. Junior"), Odom recorded a couple albums under his own name. But this session with guitarists Dawkins and Otis Rush, with Sonny Thompson on keyboards, is such a potent distillation of West Side blues that it’s the song I’ll always associate with Andrew. - BLUES ACCESS magazine
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