Friday Mourning Ten

Aerial - Chris Whitley, Terra Incognita
Ghost Dance - Chris Whitley, War Crime Blues
Guns & Dolls - Chris Whitley, Din Of Ecstasy
Power Down - Chris Whitley, Terra Incognita
Phone Call From Leavenworth - Chris Whitley, Living With The Law
Vertical Desert - Chris Whitley, Rocket House
War Crime Blues - Chris Whitley, War Crime Blues
Weightless - Chris Whitley, Terra Incognita
Ultraglide - Chris Whitley, Din Of Ecstasy
Bordertown - Chris Whitley, Living With The Law

Chris Whitley, 1960-November 20, 2005

I won't say much here now, except that I'm not sure I know of a more soulful - in the sense of soul-baring - musician in our time, and now he's gone. If you don't know his stuff - or only know the first album, which got airplay 14 years ago - there are some downloads available at his site.

Here's something I wrote this summer.