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I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Stone Cold , from Russ Green , and it's a driving blues rocker. Opening with Lint Redux , you are immediately in the middle of a swampy blues with modern effects. With a firm foot stomp by Felix Pollard on drums and Vic Jackson on bass Russ Green on harmonica and vocals really has the earthy feel. Giles Corey on slide gives the track great grease and Green's harp work is strong. Excellent opener. 12 Feet of Water opens with a terrific harmonica aria before grinding into a super drum driven romp. With the feel that I can only describe as Hill Country , Green delivers such soulful vocals, comforted by Joe Monroe on keys, this track just grabs you. Green's harmonica is like a shuddering wind blowing through you with the thumping bass of Vic Jackson and Vince Agwada on guitar. Excellent! Easy going shuffle, Nobody Knows has a smooth, supple melody with backing acoustic guitar, minimal drum work and melodic ha...
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SINGER SENA EHRHARDT TO OPEN FOR B.B.
KING!Rising Local Star To Perform With
Her Idol
Singer Sena Ehrhardt will realize a dream come
true when the Sena Ehrhardt Band (which includes her father Ed on lead
guitar) serves as the opening act for blues icon B.B. King on May 19th at the Mayo Civic Center in
Sena's hometown of Rochester, Minnesota.
Says Sena, "I grew up listening to B.B. King
records and he was responsible for turning my Dad on to the blues, so he's an
iconic figure for me. I consider B.B.'s Completely Well album the
definition of a blues record; I continue to listen to it all the time. I just
love his vocal phrasing." In fact, on her upcoming sophomore release,
All In, (out on Blind Pig Records March 12th), she
covers a B.B. King song from that album entitled "So Excited," which could well
describe her feelings about appearing with perhaps the foremost master of the
blues. Says Sena, "I get to open for B.B. King, 100% my biggest influence and
idol in blues music."
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Sena's brilliant 2012 debut
recording, Leave The Light On, announced the arrival of one of the
freshest and most dynamic young voices on the current blues scene. It won Sena
the Blues Blast "Rising Star" Award and was nominated for a Blues Music Award as
"Best New Artist Debut." The album also generated widespread critical acclaim,
typified by this comment from Jazz & Blues Report: "Make way for a
rising star!"
For her second recording, Sena
has teamed up with one the foremost producers in the worlds of rock and blues
(Santana, Huey Lewis, Stevie Ray Vaughan), multi-Grammy Award winner Jim
Gaines. The result of their collaboration is a groove-rich, exciting
exploration of the blues in all its moods. All In truly delivers on
the promise of Leave The Light On and places Ehrhardt among the very
best and most versatile of today's blues singers.
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