I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Ain't Wasting Time , from Nicky T And The Snake Charmers and it's dripping blues, soul and R&B music. Opening with Magic Sam 's, That's All I Need , Nicky T with soulful vocals and groomed guitar riffs gets into that Impressions groove. With Todd Glass on drums, Alex Lyon on bass, Chris Codish on keys, and Greg Nagy on backing vocals, this is a solid opener. Rock n Roller, Feel Like A Hundred , features a driving guitar lead with vocals by Nicky and super piano work by Andy Szymanski on piano. Pete Berg on drums and Frank Greenhalgh round out the band and this track is really moving. Gritty blues, The Glass really gets down featuring guitarist extraordinaire, Ronnie Earl on lead guitar and excellent vocals by Greg Nagy. This tracks really sails with the addition of Jon Johnson on drums, Mike Marshall on bass, Jason Bone on rhythm guitar, John Gavin on piano and warm organ work by Szymanski. Excell...
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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.”
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