Wrapped Up, Tangled Up

Before the flood came, my idea for this EP was simply to gather up a bunch of great pre-war songs, with maybe a few newly written songs, and record them. I knew the one person I needed to get involved with this project was Ketch Secor. Ketch knows more about pre-war street music than anyone I know. He had given me some old vinyl records once and one song had absolutely rocked me to the core. That song was Wrapped Up and Tangled Up In Jesus, performed by the late Reverend Charlie Jackson, sometime in the 1970's maybe. The record I have sounds like a field recording and the performance is mesmerizing. Reverend Jackson delivers the vocal and guitar with brute power and conviction. I was afraid of doing this song because his rendition was so perfect. For some reason I decided I wanted to try it anyway and I think the band put down a brilliant take. The rhythm section, being Byron House and Derrek Phillips and Kenny Vaughan) on this take really shines. As well, Kenny Vaughan and Sam Bush delivered stellar solos.