Bman's Blues Report

I just received the newest release, Shakedown Soul , from Kelly Richey and it's a strong blues rocker. Opening with Fading , a solid rocker, Richie, on vocals and guitar is joined by Rikk Manning on bass and Tobe Donohue on drums. With quite an aggressive bottom, Richey grinds out blues riffs on her guitar giving this release a good start. You Wanna Rock has a really cool rhythm and a gargantuan guitar and bass riff. With absolute style, Richey leads on vocals and breaks out with an excellent guitar solo. This track has so much swagger it deserves it's own zip code. Excellent! Lies , another solid rocker, has the addition of John Lord like keyboard by Lee Carroll and Richey's guitar solos are nicely punctuated by additional drums and percussion by Robby Cozensa. The Artist In Me has a lot of grit and a super drum sequence. Love has an interesting early San Francisco sound. Richey's voice resembles Karen O. but her guitar says drive. Cool! Afraid To Die is a cool...

THE REAL BLUES FESTIVAL OF ORANGE COUNTY 6   The Orange County Blues Society is proud to present, for the sixth year in a row, The Real Blues Festival of Orange County. Malone's Concert Venue, 604 E Dyer Rd, Santa Ana, CA 92705,  (714) 979-6000 will once again be hosting the event.  The date this year is Sunday, September 13 from noon until 8 PM. Tickets are $20 at the door, $15 on the Orange County Blues Society website and $10 for any card  carrying Blues Society member. ...

August 7-8, Sawyer Point Park, Cincinnati, Ohio Buy Tickets here or here TAB BENOIT SHAWN HOLT AND THE TEARDROPS ...

I just received the newest release (formal release date March 19, 2013), Sweet Spirit from Kelly Richey . This is a hard driving blues soaked rock release. Opening with Feelin' Under , Richey wields a mighty heavy axe and the band has definite intentions. I Went Down Easy has a strong blues line and raspy the voiced Richey throws down some pretty heavy guitar riffs with comparisons to Hendrix, Stevie, Frank Marino... she can flat out play! The is a really cool track and well supported by Freekbass on bass, Bobby Cosenza on drums and Duane Lundy on percussion. Leavin' It All Behind follows in the same vein and if it's hard rockin blues guitar that you want, you need look no farther. This is the best hard rockin blues guitar release that I've heard in a long time. Fast Drivin' Mama is another scorcher based loosely on I'm A Road Runner. This takes the general feel of the track but takes out the slow swing and puts in not only a lot of drive but flashy guitar r...