The life of late North Mississippi hill-country blues man James T-Model Ford (born Lewis Carter Ford 1921/2013) is the stuff of legend. Although he could never remember his exact date of birth, he did recall that was plowing the fields at 11, working as a lumberjack in his teens, and that as a young man he was sentenced to ten years in a chain-gang for murdering a man in a bar fight.
Later on he started playing guitar and singing, but his musical career didn't start until he was in his early 70's. By that time he had the perfect resume to sing the blues.
With a little help from his friends, T-Model Ford has once again walked into the studio and bettered himself.” – Alan Brown / PopMatters
A modern blues album with primitive roots. The tension works. It's a far more interesting recording because of its "impurities" -- paradoxically, making it a far more "authentic" blues record because it is linked to multiple historic traditions simultaneously. It’s exponentially more enjoyable and exciting as blues than anything coming out of Chicago in the 21st century. – Thom Jurek / All Music