ERIC BIBB * RIDIN ´ *
The follow-up to his multiple award-winning, critically-acclaimed 2021 album, Dear America, Ridin’ is a continuation of the vision that informs Bibb’s artistry as a modern-day Blues troubadour. Grounded in the folk and blues tradition with contemporary sensibilities, Bibb’s music continues to reflect his thoughts on current world events and his own lived experiences, whilst remaining entertaining, uplifting, inspirational and relevant.
A two-time Grammy Award nominee with multiple Blues Foundation awards, Eric Bibb is known and revered globally for having carved his own musical destiny with honesty and power. Eric’s father, the late Leon Bibb, was an activist, actor, and folk singer who marched at Selma with Dr. Martin Luther King. Eric’s youth was spent immersed in the Greenwich Village folk scene. Names like Dylan, Baez, and Seeger were visitors to his home. He was deeply influenced by Odetta, Richie Havens, and Taj Mahal – who guests on Ridin’ - and he has synthesized all of that into his very own style.
The first single from Eric Bibb’s forthcoming album, Ridin’.
Stream ‘Family’: https://reputerecs.lnk.to/family
Pre-order Ridin’ (North America only): https://stonyplainrecords.com/ericbibb/
Lyrics:
Won’t waste your time tryin’ to sell my point of view
I’ll just tell you, so you’ll know who
Who I am
Just a wee bit more
Gettin’ to know each other
That’s what life is for
I am like you
Woman born
I am like you
A child of God
You are like me
Here to learn from history
You are like me
Family
Let’s open our eyes, call a spade a spade
Someone makin’ money by keeping us afraid
Afraid of each other
Back in time we might have been
Brothers from a different mother
They called it a sin
I am like you
Woman born
I am like you
A child of God
You are like me
Here to learn from history
You are like me
Family
I am like you
Woman born
I am like you
A child of God
You are like me
Here to learn from history
You are like me
Family
Family…
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