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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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World Wide Vibe Records artist: Adventures In Bluesland - The American Dream - New Release Review

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I just received the newest release, The American Dream , from Adventures in Bluesland and its earthy and resonating. Opening with Blind Lemon Jefferson's One Kind Favor (See That My Grave Is Kept Clean), has an eerie western soundtrack sound with an almost Johnny Cash feel. Support by Don Fiorino on lap steel and Kevin Tooley on drums makes the stark track gripping. 12 bar number, Creepy in The Woods has more of a rock feel ... almost like John Doe. Johnny Cement on bass lays down a cool groove. Gammage handles all of the vocals and also feathers in some cool but understated guitar riffs to spiff the track up. Float and Sting has a swinging rock feel with a Roxy kind of feel. Nice sax work from Robert Aaron adds an polished feel to Gammage's edgy guitar work. I'm Drifting is a very easy going blues based number with some of Gammage's best vocals. Again Aaron steps up with some really nice sax work adding texture to a mostly smooth track. Rocker, Booze, Blues ...