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💿 ALBUM REVIEW: John Primer and Friends - Tribute To Theresa's Lounge

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John fell in love with the blues as a child when his father and an older cousin played guitar and sang at night after a hard day in the fields. His mother moved to Chicago to secure a job and support her family. She promised to bring John and his sister to the big city when they reached age 18, leaving them with family. Depressed and lonely, young Primer frequently went into the neighboring woods, where he cried his troubles away and began singing the blues in solitude. He eventually built himself a diddley bow on the side of his grandmother's house out of broom wire, two nails and a brick and began accompanying himself as he sang, eventually playing for dimes and quarters in his schoolyard. After listening to Jimmy Reed , Little Milton, B.B. King , Albert King and Muddy Waters on his grandmother's record player, his biggest dream was to play alongside Muddy Waters one day. 🎵 LISTEN & SUPPORT THE ALBUM ▶ Listen to Album Samples (Clic...

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Hacienda Records artist: Hilda Lamas - Love Me Alone - New Release Review

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I just received the newest release, Love Me Alone , from Hilda Lamas and it's a certain airplay success. Lamas 13 track effort is commercially strong featuring Lamas singing in front of a very studio tight band. I'll Be Gone has a bluesy swagger. No Meaning has a certain Latin rhythm sounding as if it could be a track right from a mcontemporary Santana release. Blues Man In A Three Piece Suit has a solid blues base and Lamas kicks dirt as she delivers with command. Over You has a R&B taste to it and again with harmonic vocals Lamas sells the goods. Nice Set Of Wheels sets off with a soulful strut. Lamas continues to demonstrate that she has the pipes to carry her own band. HeartStealer is another track with a strong Santana influence, hot guitar riffs and Latin percussion. On Take It Like A Woman , Lamas delivers a strong message and again shows critical signs of commercial talent. This is a very uniform release profiling Lamas as a front woman featuring her vocal...