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                                              "SWEET POTATO PIE", THE NEW ALBUM BY CHARLES BURTON BLUES BAND, NOMINATED IN "BEST BLUES ALBUM" CATEGORY  -- SAN DIEGO MUSIC AWARDS   (SAN DIEGO, CA) - "Sweet Potato Pie," the critically-lauded album by the Charles Burton Blues Band , is nominated in the "Best Blues Album" category for this year's San Diego Music Awards . Voting is open to the public through September 16 at http://sandiegomusicawards.com/nominees.cfm. The San Diego Music Awards take place Wednesday, October 9 at Humphrey's By The Bay. Known as "San Diego's Blues Ambassador To The World," Burton is currently on tour in Europe.             WHAT THE PRESS IS WRITING ABOUT... "SWEET...

I just received the newest release, Sweet Potato Pie , from The Charles Burton Blues Band and it's a lot of fun! Opening with Shake It! , an uptempo blues rocker, it has a lot of the feel of the Blasters but with a lot more blues. Flat out pickin and a little country rock flavor adds to the overall feel of this cool track. Double Up is a nice shuffle track with a cool lope. Slick blues guitar riffs highlight this track with Adam Koefoed on bass and Asmus Jensen on drums holding down the bottom nicely. Driving Home is a rolling blues rock with cool bass lines from Arnold Ludvig. Chill Boy adds vocals and lead guitar on this track. New York Jump has a real slick jazz overtone and great swing guitar lead over jazz guitar chords. Really nice! Goin' To Memphis has a bit of a country bottom but retains it's blues overtones. With a Latin rhythm and stylin guitar riffs, this is a cool track. Burton isn't ultra flashy here but he plays some really nice riffs. Crackdown a...