Done Come Too Far
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Be Sharp
Reviewed 2022-11-01
Reviewed 2022-11-01
ELECTRIC BLUES / R&B
Here’s another excellent, powerful album from the exceptional Shemekia Copeland. Like her recent albums, America's Child [2018] and Uncivil War [2020], this one provides provocative commentary on America today ranging from the personal to the systemic. A few songs are sly & humorous; most are serious as a heart attack. Original songs (I believe) except for 5, 8 & 12. The terrific band is guitars, bass, drums, sometimes keys.
FCC clean
1 ** Scorching hard-rocking civil rights anthem for right now. Superb, loud guitars. Mentions of Rosa Parks, MLK, John Lewis. (3:47)
2 ** Equally intense song about mass shootings. Stones-like accompaniment. (3:28)
3 Slow blues ballad. A mom has “the talk” with her son. Tragic. (5:23)
4 * A slavery story in work-song cadence with banjo, handclaps, choral chants. (3:36)
5 * Slow & heartbroken. A woman confronts her cheating man. (3:25)
6 * Fun, mid-tempo, Cajun dance with accordion, ‘tit fer, fiddle, washboard. (3:03)
7 Slow blues about civil rights: progress made, but not yet done. Electric resonator guitar & duet singing by Cedric Burnside (the grandson of R.L.) (5:08)
8 * Mid-tempo (tongue in cheek?) country-gospel tune (by Ray Wylie Hubbard). (3:31)
9 * Honky-tonk parody about opposites attracting. Pokes fun at a lot of stereotypes. (3:16)
10 Slow & spare. Tough song seems to be about domestic violence/rape. (2:56)
11 Sarcastic takedown of our current (dumb) culture. (4:01)
12 ** Soulful love song in blues form (by Shemekia’s dad, Johnny Copeland). (4:20)
Here’s another excellent, powerful album from the exceptional Shemekia Copeland. Like her recent albums, America's Child [2018] and Uncivil War [2020], this one provides provocative commentary on America today ranging from the personal to the systemic. A few songs are sly & humorous; most are serious as a heart attack. Original songs (I believe) except for 5, 8 & 12. The terrific band is guitars, bass, drums, sometimes keys.
FCC clean
1 ** Scorching hard-rocking civil rights anthem for right now. Superb, loud guitars. Mentions of Rosa Parks, MLK, John Lewis. (3:47)
2 ** Equally intense song about mass shootings. Stones-like accompaniment. (3:28)
3 Slow blues ballad. A mom has “the talk” with her son. Tragic. (5:23)
4 * A slavery story in work-song cadence with banjo, handclaps, choral chants. (3:36)
5 * Slow & heartbroken. A woman confronts her cheating man. (3:25)
6 * Fun, mid-tempo, Cajun dance with accordion, ‘tit fer, fiddle, washboard. (3:03)
7 Slow blues about civil rights: progress made, but not yet done. Electric resonator guitar & duet singing by Cedric Burnside (the grandson of R.L.) (5:08)
8 * Mid-tempo (tongue in cheek?) country-gospel tune (by Ray Wylie Hubbard). (3:31)
9 * Honky-tonk parody about opposites attracting. Pokes fun at a lot of stereotypes. (3:16)
10 Slow & spare. Tough song seems to be about domestic violence/rape. (2:56)
11 Sarcastic takedown of our current (dumb) culture. (4:01)
12 ** Soulful love song in blues form (by Shemekia’s dad, Johnny Copeland). (4:20)
Recent airplay
Done Come Too Far
No One Gets out of these Blues Alive — Mar 26, 2025
Done Come Too Far
Hanging In The Boneyard — Feb 18, 2023
Fried Catfish and Bibles
Music Casserole — Feb 18, 2023
Too Far to Be Gone, Gullah Geechee
Run-Away Radio — Feb 16, 2023
Barefoot in Heaven
Traditions — Feb 16, 2023
Why Why Why
Brain worm — Feb 15, 2023
Charting
2023-01-20 — 2023-03-24
Blues
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Feb 19 | 5 |
| Feb 12 | 3 |
| Feb 5 | 2 |
| Jan 29 | 3 |
| Jan 22 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Too Far to Be Gone | ||
| 2. | Pink Turns to Red | ||
| 3. | The Talk | ||
| 4. | Gullah Geechee | ||
| 5. | Why Why Why | ||
| 6. | Fried Catfish and Bibles | ||
| 7. | Done Come Too Far | ||
| 8. | Barefoot in Heaven | ||
| 9. | Fell in Love With a Honky | ||
| 10. | The Dolls Are Sleeping | ||
| 11. | Dumb It Down | ||
| 12. | Nobody but You |
