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Blind Pig Records
has just released a pair of fine CDs from venerable blues acts:
Right Man Right Now is contemporary
music that proves just how alive and relevant the blues is today.
Addressing issues straight from today’s headlines, Zac presents them in
a fresh original style built on the best blues tradition. And he
has some incredibly talented musicians helping him - guests include Bobby
Rush, Lucky Peterson, Anson Funderburgh and Mike Finnegan.
After a very successful twenty-plus year career as a songwriter and producer in Los Angeles, where he worked with the likes of the O'Jays, the Whispers, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Black Uhuru, and Michael Jackson, Zac moved to Dallas to pursue his dream of becoming a top-flight touring blues artist
The album provides definitive proof that
Zac Harmon is indeed the right man to firmly establish all that blues can and
should be right now in the second decade of the new millennium.
CDs available at fine shops everywhere - support your local record store! CDs and downloads are also available from Amazon. And you can get downloads from this and other fine Blind Pig recordings at the Pig Pen page on iTunes. Zac Harmon Upcoming Tour Dates
Andy T’s jazz-tinged guitar style is influenced by T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Magic Sam, and Albert Collins among others, yet it remains his own. The velvet-voiced Nixon, part of Nashville’s thriving blues and R&B scene in the 60’s and 70’s, sings in a style that recalls Jimmy Witherspoon and Billy Eckstine. Even though he’s now in his 70’s, Nixon’s voice still has all the power and energy of a man half his age and it’s crystal clear that this man was born to sing the blues. Combined with Andy T’s bold, vibrant tones and equally rooted guitar style, it makes for a uniquely satisfying brand of soulful blues. Numbers Man was produced by renowned Texas guitarist Anson Funderburgh, and features the great Kim Wilson’s harmonica on one of the tracks. CDs available at fine shops everywhere - support your local record store! CDs and downloads are also available from Amazon. And you can get downloads from this and other fine Blind Pig recordings at the Pig Pen page on iTunes. Andy T-Nick Nixon Band Upcoming Tour Dates
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Showing posts with label New release. Show all posts
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Friday, August 28, 2015
New Blind Pig releases out today!
Monday, August 10, 2015
Blind Pig Announces New Releases!
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Thursday, July 23, 2015
Crooked Eye Tommy CD Release Party August 7 in Carpinteria
CROOKED EYE TOMMY RELEASES DEBUT CD, BUTTERFLIES &
SNAKES;
ELEVEN MEMORABLE SONGS IN THE BLUES GENRE FROM VENTURA
COUNTY GUITARIST-SINGER-SONGWRITER, TOMMY MARSH
CD RELEASE PARTY & DEBUT CONCERT at Plaza Playhouse Theater
Friday, August 7 - 7:30 p.m.
(Carpinteria, CA) - Crooked Eye Tommy releases
their debut effort, Butterflies & Snakes, marking the occasion with
a CD Release Party and Debut Concert at the Plaza Playhouse Theater,
4916 Carpinteria Ave., Friday, August 7. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Tickets $25.
(includes CD); $30. (includes commemorative piece of album artwork and CD).
Info: (805)
684-6380 or http://crookedeyetommy.com/calendar/.
Buy tickets at: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/crooked-eye-tommy-butterflies-snakes-debut-concert-tickets-16946668943.
Crooked Eye Tommy also performs at the 1st Annual Ojai Blues Festival along
with the Alastair Greene Band, Deb Ryder, and Shawn Jones at the Ojai Arts Center, 113 S.
Montgomery St. in Ojai, on Saturday, August 15. Showtime is 4 p.m. Tickets $25.
available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ojai-bluesfest-tickets-17742088063.
ABOUT BUTTERFLIES & SNAKES (AND) CROOKED EYE TOMMY
Butterflies & Snakes are eleven memorable tunes penned by Crooked Eye Tommy
front-person and band namesake Tommy Marsh and Tommy's brother,
guitarist-vocalist, Paddy Marsh (who also plays in the band). Other C.E.T.
members: Glade Rasmussen, bass; Tony Cicero, drums; Jimmy Calire,
saxophone/piano/Hammond B3.
The album's title track, a tasty down-home blues ditty
entitled 'Crooked Eye Tommy,' "is sort of an autobiography", states Tommy.
"I wrote it when we decided to name the band Crooked Eye Tommy. I was born
with two lazy eyes, so the imagined discussion between a nurse and onlookers in
the classic baby window at the hospital was a cool way to illustrate the way
people can be cruel without even thinking about it." Rocking blues
number, 'Time Will Tell' is "the source of the album's name," states
Marsh. "The second verse talks about the duality of women:
Women are made of butterflies, butterflies and snakes
Trying to please a woman can give a good man the shakes
Time Will Tell "also talks about the duality of
men as well in the first verse...and the dreams we all have (as musicians) to
rise to the pinnacle of our profession - and how in each case, time is the
equalizer and the test by which these are all proven out." The tune
"shows the direction the band is taking with a more Southern hard blues
feel", concludes Marsh. 'Somebody's Got To Pay' is a sexy Blues shuffle
where Marsh laments in song, "the way the world is today, somebody's got
to pay." He explains: "I wrote this song while dealing with a tax
issue...I was very frustrated with the whole government and how no matter who
is in office, it's always about who has the money." Dancing blues dittie
'Love Divine' is about "the relationships we have made along the way before
we leave this world, they are the only real wealth that goes with us."
Crooked Eye Tommy proudly represented the Santa Barbara
Blues Society at the 2014 International Blues Challenge when they erupted onto
the Southern California Blues Scene after reaching the Semifinals of this
illustrious annual competition held in Memphis. For the last several years,
Marsh has hosted a weekly Ventura County Blues Society-sponsored Jam Session
featuring some of the biggest Blues artists on the SoCal music scene.
Featuring scorching performances and original music
firmly rooted in traditional blues, which feels familiar but somehow new, Tommy
Marsh’s considerable songwriting, vocal and guitar skills have made him a
Ventura County favorite. Capitalizing on local talent, Tommy and his brother
Paddy Marsh invited the legendary Jimmy Calire on sax and the deeply-grooved,
driving rhythm section of Tony Cicero on drums and Glade Rasmussen on bass to
join the effort. The result is an irresistible alchemy of veteran experience,
raw talent and enthralling original material. Listen and feel what a Crooked
Eye can do.
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