Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise – Out of the Wilderness

One of the coolest things about being a music critic is getting the CDs. They comein the mail and many are new to us from someone we have never heard of. Most ofthose are not worth listening to, but once and a while we dump one in theplayer and our ears are treated to pure magic. Robert Bradley’s BlackwaterSurprise Out of the Wilderness is one of those CDs. It is not a surprise thathe is well known in the midwest and west coast of the US It is also no surprisethat fellow Detroit citizen Kid Rock has used Robert’s smoky voice on some ifhis recordings. Out of the Wilderness is a killer record that grooves and vibesfrom the first note to the last. Robert’s voice has just enough gravel to be delightfuland he gives off some nice memories of great past bluesmen like Muddy Waters.Some of Bradley’s music is part of the musical score in the movie Love N’Dancing to be in theaters summer 2009. Bradley may be blind but his music makespeople see. (KH)