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I started a quest to find terrific blues music and incredible musicianship when I was just a little kid. I also have a tremendous appreciation of fine musical instruments and equipment. One of my greatest joys all of my life was sharing my finds with my friends. I'm now publishing my journey. I hope that you come along!
I just received the newest release, Demolition Day, from Honey Island Swamp Band and it's quite entertaining. Opening with a full blown rocker, How Do You Feel with a Stones vibe, Aaron Wilkinson on guitar, Chris Mule on guitar, Sam Price on bass, Garland Paul on drums and Trevor Brooks on keys get this track rockin. With strong piano support, key guitar riffs and a sassy Bobby keys like sax solo this track is a great opener. Head High Water Blues has a swampy, Band meets Little Feat groove. Price's bass work on this track, nicely balanced with Brook's keyboard really hits on full behind the vocal work of the band. High plains rider, No Easy Way, has an ethereal western sound blended with a jazz flavor. Subdued slide guitar work and nicely accented horn work gives this track a real cool feel. Medicated has a modern R&B feel bringing to mind a lot of the J Geils tracks with solid vocals and horn backing over a solid bass line. A nicely articulated guitar solo gives the track that extra something that sets it apart. Watch and Chain is a funky rocker with a cool Rhodes piano solo over solid slide work. Acoustic guitar work and harp by Wilkinson on Katie has a Louisiana country pop feel. These unconventional textures in music coming to my desk are unconventional. Very nice. Ain't No Fun is a slide driven blues rocker. Prominent bass work by Price stands tall and nice vocal blending makes this a prime radio track. She Goes Crazy has a cool, easy 2 step rhythm and nice horn interplay. Through Another Day is a really interesting track with a bit of a Lynyrd Skynyrd swagger. Wilkinson's mandolin work on this track, contrasted against the slide work and nicely blended vocals makes this one of my favorites on the track. Say It Isn't True has a real full sound in "Band" like fashion. One of the strongest vocal tracks on the release and again with Benoit on pedal steel, Wilkinson harp and a rocky rhythm guitar by Mule, a strong ballad. Wrapping the release is Devil's Den, a blues based, finger picked track with a western flavor with nicely crafted lap steel work by Benoit and mando by Wilkinson. Key rhythm shots by Paul and solid vocals make this a real nice track to close a subtly cool release.
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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.
This Blues and nothing but the Blues
event will have five bands on the Malone's stage. The Godfather of
Orange County Blues, Papa J and the Chairman of the Board of the
Orange County Blues players, Richard Hassebrock will be bringing
their brand of back porch blues.
Bluespower, featuring Kenny BD
Williams, Rich Smith and Joe Dolci bring their rocking' brand of
the blues. Each of these guys has years of varied experiences that
come together and create Bluespower!
The Stoney B Blues Band Stoney B
is the real deal, a true Blues Man. He was born in Chicago. He grew
up listening to his father, Lil’ Howlin’ Wolf, playing the Blues and
his dad learnt his Blues from the Chicago Blues Legend, Howling Wolf.
During Stoney B's career he has played behind well-known Blues
Musicians such as Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Junior Wells, Koko Taylor,
Johnny Guitar Embry and the Blues Kings, Son Thomas, Homesick James,
Lovie Lee, Roosevelt Boobie Barnes and Willie Mississippi Foster. The
Band delivers an outstanding Blues Show of Chicago and Southern Style
Blues played by Masters of the Blues. Stoney B’s soulful licks and
brilliant guitar riffs and his dynamic vocals will transfix you as he
delivers heart and soul felt Blues. His Band has Lance Dieckmann who
is a well known and highly respected local musician whose powerful
Vocals and Harmonica playing always leaves people amazed. On the
Keyboards is Pat Kelley a wonderful entertainer and musician. The
Band is backed on the Bass by Doug Brunelle and on Drums by Paul
Carlomagno.
Chase Walker Band a
group of California teens has spent the past 24 months launching
their explosive blues infused rock assault on the clubs and festivals
across the US, including the Vans Warped Tour, The International
Blues Challenge, House of Blues, and more, opening for greats like
Kenny Loggins, B.B. King, Eric Sardinas, Tab Benoit, Royal Southern
Brotherhood, and American Idol star Casey Abrams.
The Griff Hamlin Band is the
culmination of those 20+ years and literally thousands and thousands
of miles. In Griff Hamlin Band, Griff has surrounded himself with the
highest caliber of musicians and performers anywhere. With so much
experience under their belt, what this band excels at is connecting
quickly with a crowd and taking them down a transformational journey
through music that everyone can relate to - the blues.
In addition to this great musical
lineup Malone's has a great variety of beer, booze and food to
satisfy your taste buds.
And as if that's not enough,Israeli Blues great, Lazer Lloyd has
donated a vintage white Dean Bel-Aire used by Lazer in the video for
his hit single "Burning Thunder" which was an exclusive
premiere on Vintage Guitar magazine in part due to the inclusion of
this beautiful white guitar against the lush green backdrop of
Chastain Park in Atlanta where the video was shot.Ticket for the raffle
are available at the Festival and on the OCBS website at http://www.orangecountybluessociety.com/TICKETS.html
The Orange County Blues Society is
dedicated to the preservation of the Blues God Bless the
Blues!
Your deposit to reserve a stateroom is $500 per
person ($1000/single) payable by Visa, MasterCard or Discover. Please email
Bluesin@BluesCruise.com for a copy of
applicable terms and conditions.
Buddy Guy, one of this year's Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients,
is headlining the October cruise, marking his First Appearance Ever on our Blues
Cruise Charters!
"Whenever I accept an award like this I do it for all the Blues
men and women who came before me and never got the recognition they truly
deserved." - Buddy Guy
For a man who name is nearly synonymous with the Chicago blues sound, Buddy
Guy has one of the warmest smiles in the business. Rock titans, including Jimi
Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards and Stevie Ray Vaughan have all
cited him as a major influence on their own music. Now 78, the 2005 inductee to
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has barely slowed down as he continues to
encourage and inspire a new generation of musicians. A Self-Taught Legend: Born to Louisiana sharecroppers Sam
and Isabel Guy on July 30, 1936, George "Buddy" Guy taught himself to play
guitar as a young boy. He took a train to Chicago in 1957, and landed at the
famous 708 Club where he became a sideman for legends such as Howlin' Wolf,
Little Walter and Muddy Waters. By the early 1960s, Guy was a first-call session
man at Chess Records.
After years of touring and recording, the musician opened Buddy Guy's Legends
in Chicago in June of 1989. As the premiere blues club in the world, its stage
has hosted myriad of blues and rock greats. Guy inked a deal with Silvertone for
three albums that began with the 1991 comeback smash Damn Right, I've Got
the Blues (reissued in 2005), which he followed up with 1993′s Feels
Like Rain and 1994′s Slippin' In. All three earned Grammy
Awards.
Guy has firmly cemented a blues legacy that places him squarely in the
company of his heroes who came before. In 2012, he published his autobiography,
When I Left Home: My Story. He has said he feels an obligation to keep
their legacy alive. Guy still holds a 16-show residency at his eponymous Legends
club in Chicago every January. After one of his shows seven years ago, Guy met
then eight-year-old Quinn Sullivan(who also joins us on LRBC
#25), a budding blues guitarist. Now a mentor to the teenaged musician,
Guy tours with him and produced his first album. "I learn from Buddy every day,"
Sullivan says.
KEY WEST The clubs are
lining up bands already...
NEW ORLEANS Announcement
soon, including Surprise/Special Guests!
