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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Blues Guitar Legend Kenny Neal Receives
Grammy Nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album. “Bloodline”
Los Angeles -
Cleopatra Records would like to proudly congratulate Kenny Neal on his Grammy
Nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album. for his “Bloodline” album
released through the Cleopatra Blues imprint.
Kenny Neal is an
acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and is widely renowned as a modern swamp-blues
master who also is a member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame and a
multi-award winning talent. Born in 1957 in New Orleans and raised in Baton Rouge,
Neal began playing music at a very young age, learning the basics from his
father, singer and blues harmonica player, Raful Neal. Family friends like Lazy
Lester, Buddy Guy and Slim Harpo contributed to Kenny's early musical
education. At 13, he joined his father’s band and, four years later, he was
recruited and toured extensively as Buddy Guy’s bass player.
Through the
years, Neal has shared the stage or worked with a who’s-who list of blues and
R&B greats at one time or another, including B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Muddy
Waters, Aaron Neville, Buddy Guy and John Lee Hooker. Since signing with
Alligator Records in 1988, Neal has released a series of consistently lauded
albums featuring his laid-back, Baton Rouge blues, with a modern spin on the Louisiana
sound he grew up with. The Chicago Tribune pegged Kenny as “one of a mere
handful of truly inventive young contemporary guitarists, Neal has something
fresh to say and the chops with which to say it,” while AllMusic said his
“gruff-before-their-time vocals retain their swamp sensibility, while assuming
a bright contemporary feel that tabs him as a leading contender for future
blues stardom.” Blues Revue agreed, calling Kenny “one of the brightest young
stars on the blues horizon, and a gifted artist.”
Neal has never
sounded better than he does on Bloodline, offering some of the most moving
songwriting and electric performances of his incredible career. In addition, no
less than 8 members of the Neal clan lend their musical talents to this unique
album, making it a true family affair and proving beyond doubt that the blues
is most definitely in Neal’s “Bloodline.”
Lucille Bogan (April 1, 1897 – August 10, 1948) was an American blues singer, among the first to be recorded. She also recorded under the pseudonym Bessie Jackson . The sexologist and music critic, Ernest Borneman , stated that Bogan along with Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith , was in "the big three of the blues". She was born Lucille Anderson in Amory, Mississippi , United States, and raised in Birmingham, Alabama . In 1916, she married Nazareth Lee Bogan , a railwayman, and gave birth to a son. She first recorded vaudeville songs for Okeh Records in New York in 1923, with pianist Henry Callens . Later that year she recorded " Pawn Shop Blues " in Atlanta, Georgia , which was the first time a black blues singer had been recorded outside New York or Chicago. In 1927 she began recording for Paramount Records in Grafton, Wisconsin , where she recorded her first big success, " Sweet Petunia ", which was covered by Blind Blake . She also recorded for Brunswick...
Charles LoBue was one of the fathers of the custom electric guitar business. Charles came to the industry after taking classes from Michael Gurian, first working in and around the guitar repair business in NYC in the mid 60's. Charles' interest in the business began by doing basic repairs on factory made guitars. These were primarily made by Gibson and Fender, the "Gold Standard" for electric guitars, as well as any guitar including acoustics which came through the door. As a professional player in the U.S. in the 60's, Gibson and Fender were the most likely choices if you wanted an electric guitar. It is well known that the Brits used European made guitars as well, primarily due to their accessibility. By the mid late 60's both companies had been sold to larger corporations which were not primarily in the guitar business. The basic perception even today is that the guitars made by these companies during this period were inferior in quality and also l...
It is with great sadness to report that J. Blackfoot (born John Colbert , November 20, 1946) died today, November 30, 2011 at Methodist Germantown Hospital near Memphis, TN. We will keep you abreast of service information as we receive it. J. Blackfoot will truly be missed. “Like” Bman’s Facebook page (available in over 50 languages). I will not relay senseless nonsense. In this way I can get out the word on new talent, venues and blues happenings! - click Here
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