''Sabougla Voices'' is the first

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Leo Welch Leo "Bud" Welch (March 22, 1932 – December 19, 2017) was an American gospel blues musician and guitarist. He started his music career in 2014, with the release of the album '' Sabougla Voices'' by Big Legal Mess Records. His subsequent studio a ...

. Big Legal Mess Records released the album on January 6, 2014. Welch worked with Bruce Watson, in the production of this album. The album's title is a reference to Welch's birthplace of Sabougla, Mississippi.

Critical reception

Awarding the album four stars from

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, Steve Leggett states, "Welch has found a way to make the blues and gospel speak together in one voice." David Maine, giving the album six stars at

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, writes, "Recommended for any blues fan who isn’t afraid of overtly devotional material." Rating the album a nine out of ten for

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, Lins Honeyman says, "Every once in a while, the blues world throws up a surprise discovery that proves that the unrefined, down home strand of the genre embodied by past masters such as Son House, Charley Patton and Lightnin' Hopkins has a flame that still flickers even today."

Track listing

References

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