Uncivil War is the blues cry of a people that echoes down through 3 centuries of slavery and racism, told with Shemekia’s heart-breaking blues lyrics and gut-wrenching guitar.
With multiple honors for her blues and her guitar skill, Copeland uses this album to tell the original story of the blues, of the pain endured for lifetimes by the people who gave us the blues with lyrics that tell stories – ...her morning song was the crack of a whip she sings of a slave, Clotilda, …and we’re still living with her ghost.. . These blues will make you cry and give you that muscle-tight feel in your belly that only the blues can do.
