John Campbell-"One Believer" (1991)

John Campbell was one of the most unknown bluesman to the general public, who nevertheless published several of the best and most impressive blues records of the nineties.
His first album dates back to 1975, which however, went completely unnoticed from here, Campbell would continue to play in clubs in Texas and New Orleans, and in the mid-eighties he would move to New York, joining the spirited blues scene of the city of skyscrapers.
In 1988 the guitarist Ronnie Earl produced "A Man And His Blues", with which he would gain a certain reputation, and a nomination for the W.C. Handy awards and incidentally interest in the Elektra label that publishes his next work "One Believer" in 1991.
With a style of acoustic blues fused with country and rural blues, Campbell endows his songs with sad lyrics, heartbreaks, road bars and themes from the deep america.
One Believer is full of exciting blues with a lot of punch and feelings; "Devil in My Closet", "Wild Streak", "Tiny Coffin", "World of trouble" or the superb "Voodoo Edge".
Two years later and following a continuity pattern he publishes "Howlin Mercy", which contains an exciting version of the Led Zeppelin song "When The Leaves Breaks" that gains a lot of notoriety.
He later joined Buddy Guy for several years to tour the United States, but in 1993 he died of a heart attack at the age of 41, his death prevented him from becoming a blues legend over time, just as his latest works were beginning to have great success on the international blues circuits.