BLACK (JOE LEWIS) 'N' BLUES

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears: Bitch, I Love You
From Tell Em What Your Name Is (Lost Highway, 2009)

The anti-love song of the year. The song you won't be seeing quoted on a Valentine's Day card any time in the future. Call it what you will, but they called it, “Bitch, I Love You.” The track is actually a remake from Lewis' independent self-titled offering from 2007 and isn't on their debut album, “Tell 'Em What Your Name Is” from Lost Highway. You can get it on the pre-album self-titled EP release from numerous digital distributors as well as on wax.

With a vocal delivery reminiscent of Mick Jagger, Lewis delivers a seething performance threatening his significant other with profanity and bodily harm with its Blowfly-like raunchiness of cursing rants not often found in traditional recorded blues music. If it wasn't for its tongue-in-cheek nature and the fantastic backing track by The Honeybears, you would almost feel compelled to call your local law enforcement office.