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Released October 26, 1999

This two-CD set contains Front and Center and The Devil and Other Blues Demons reissues. Both recordings date back to the early '70s. Front and Center finds Kirkland mining country-blues. During Kirkland's Detroit tenure he worked and toured with John Lee Hooker. The Hooker influence is detectable on "When I First Started Hoboing" and, of course, "Eddie's Boogie Chillen." Except for a couple backing musicians on "Have You Seen That Lonesome Train," Kirkland presents a solo performance on guitar and vocals. Often playing slide guitar and finding extra space for a soulful vocal delivery, Front and Center is the dynamic Kirkland's most personal project. His energy potential comes through on The Devil and Other Blues Demons. Here Kirkland, backed by a full band, turns spirited on the proto-funk tracks. There is still the detectable Hooker influence. Vocally, one hears more of another former employer, Otis Redding. Together on The Complete Trix Recordings, these selections show the two sides of the "Energy Man": one side deeply rooted in the Delta traditions and another side burning hot with early R&B vitality. ~ Tom Schulte, All Music Guide

TRACKS

1. When I First Started Hoboing
2. I Tried to Be a Friend
3. Eddie's Boogie Chillen
4. Nora
5. I Need a Lover, Not Just a Friend
6. I Walked Twelve Miles
7. I've Got an Evil Woman
8. Goin' Back to Mississippi
9. Lonesome Talking Blues
10. Detroit Rock Island
11. Jerdine
12. Have You Seen That Lonesome Train
13. Going to the River, See Can I Look Across

DISC 2

14. The Devil
15. Got to Love My Baby
16. Snake in the Grass
17. Mother-In-Law
18. Hard to Raise a Family Today
19. Rollin' Stone Man
20. I'm Going to Wait for You
21. Pity on Me
22. Georgia Woman
23. Burnin' Love
24. Tell Me Baby
25. Mink Hollow Slide

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