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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Mayne Stage/ Act One Pub Newsletter 3.7.12
Alastair Greene Guitar Lessons In The Garage 3rd Lesson Blues Rhythm
Video 3 of Guitar Lessons In The Garage with Alastair Greene
http://www.agsongs.com
Guitarist for Alan Parsons Live Project, Alastair Greene Band, and various other roots and blues acts in Southern California.
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Hittin' The Note Records artist: Wet Willie - Miles Of Smiles - New Release Review
I've been listening to the new Wet Willie recording, Miles of Smiles, for the past few days. It's a great album and a live recording capturing the band in concert in Woodstock, Georgia on August 13, 2011 (my fathers birthday). The first track, One Track Mind, comes out screaming and kicking and you are out of your chair moving within seconds! She Caught The Katy, one of my favorite Taj Mahal songs, is next up and the groove is great. Jimmy Hall, always present on harp blows a cool solo and keyman Bobby Mobley gets his turn as well. They keep the Taj groove but with a little extra spunk and a lot of Wet Willie. Street Corner Serenade with it's R&B sound is always perfect for this band with their Halls terrific vocals and complimentary backing vocals and of course Hall on sax. Rock Steady is a southern blues rock/ R&B song ... say Ike and Tina with a New Orleans twist.... just great! Lonely is a traditional soul ballad and of course a great song to highlight Halls superior vocal talents. It does escalate as it matures and really builds great emotion. Country Side Of Life has a real funky flavor and that country funk that Elvin Bishop does so well...need I say this song is great! The funky beat and superior use of vocals as instruments is very strong! Easy Street really kicks with the famous James Brown guitar rhythm track behind it... and Hall's voice is every bit as strong as it has ever been. There is a particularly sweet sax solo on this track and I love Halls sound! Rendezvous With The Blues gives the guitars, Rickey Cheney and Ric Seymour a chance to stretch out a bit and Hall again on sax and harp. Too Tall To Mambo is straight out of New Orleans with it's marching beat. Hall tells a curious story of a girl who is vertically challenged... but it's really a good opportunity to party and to play out a little. Mobley of course gets the chance to stretch out on keys again and it's always to hear the sweet sound of Hall on sax. Instrumentals on this recording are superb. Lucy Was In Trouble starts the wrap of the cd performing some of Wet Willie's widely recognizable tracks. hall and the gang don't lie back on their laurels though delivering a greatly inspired track with a lot of enthusiasm and great instrumentals again. Leona is a hard driving track with a lot of key lead. Hall's vocals are right up front as you'd hope and there is a bit of slide creeping in there. This tracks turns into a full fledged spiritual driven a capella track but with the band just waiting to pounce on you. The song concludes with an extremely sweet sax riff.
Ok...the grand finale!! Grits Ain't Groceries and Keep on Smilin'. I'm guessing there isn't a person reading this review who don't know these songs. The entire band sings and plays these songs like they are the first time they have performed them and they sound extremely fresh. I'm really happy that the band put this cd out. There is so much talent in this band and it's not well hidden. get your copy...you won't be sorry!!
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Alastair Greene Band Now In-Residence, Thursdays@James Joyce in Santa Barbara
The Alastair Greene Band are the new Band-In-Residence at the popular James Joyce on
State Street in Santa Barbara every Thursday. Enjoy some great blues-rock and no cover!
"From arena rock to singer-songwriter music this album shines with genuine creativity and flair...No wonder why the infamous Alan Parsons Project has Alastair as their lead guitarist and second vocalist. Alastair Greene may not be a household name yet but he's definitely working' on it with music like this." GUITARZ FOREVER
"Through The Rain" is Alastair Greene's latest solo release and his best to date...formed from a similar mold as some other powerhouse guitarists like Warren Haynes and Lance Lopez, Greene manages to transform obvious '60's and '70's classic rock influences into a much more explosive 21st Century version of those oh-so-familiar hard-driving, pulse-pounding, and speaker-bursting treats. There is absolutely nothing here not to love, the tracks are all outstanding, vocals all strong, band always spot on, and Greene's playing and singing world class."
(SANTA BARBARA) - State Street will be rockin' every Thursday night now that guitar ace Alastair Greene and band have taken up a weekly musical residence at the Santa Barbara's First Irish Bar, the James Joyce. No cover and some of the best blues-rock you can shake yer booty to - what's not to love? 9 p.m.-ish till closing. 513 State St. (805) 962-2688 or www.sbjamesjoyce.com.
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"As those in the know will tell you, there's a hotbed of talent roaming our streets, from trained session players to some of the industry's most indispensable touring musicians. At the head of that pack is Alastair Greene...the electric and eclectic bar-ready rock of Through The Rain is sure to dazzle even the most casual of players, but it's slow-burning instrumental numbers like "Dearly Departed" that remind us why Greene's talents go far beyond his chops."
Aly Comingore, SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT
"Local guitar god Alastair Greene's delightfully dexterous digits will do their thing...his latest, Through The Rain, is a little more classic rock, but the shredding remains..." Bill Locey, VENTURA COUNTY REPORTER
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Check out Greene's infectious blues-y rocker "Drunk Again" performed live at the Real Blues Festival of Orange County 2 last May,
About Alastair Greene
Alastair Greene's career path has taken some interesting turns over the last couple of years. Between accepting the enviable job as lead guitarist for The Alan Parsons Live Project in 2010, and being the only unsigned act invited to play the 2010 Sonora Blues Festival, Greene has been performing a wide variety of music on stages the world over. Greene also recently signed to LeRoi Record to release his newest recorded offering. THROUGH THE RAIN may come as a bit of a shock to those who only became aware of Greene's music via his Blues-based live band and previous CD releases. If his 2009 record WALKING IN CIRCLES was a musical tribute to Greene's Blues heroes, then THROUGH THE RAIN would be his tribute to his hard rock upbringing.
From the Led Zeppelin-style riffing of the title track, to the Hendrix-meets-Pearl Jam of closer 'You Will Remember', Greene spends the majority of his new release in old-school hard rocking territory. THROUGH THE RAIN is even more eclectic than his 2002 debut A LITTLE WISER. 'Take Me With You' conjures up laid back Americana sounds that will be familiar to fans of The Black Crowes, while 'The Real You' mines a deep Funk Rock groove with extended solos reminiscent of heavier jam bands such as Gov't Mule. Greene has not abandoned his love for the Blues and its early Rock n' Roll off shoots, as up-tempo barnburner 'T'other Way' and the mid-tempo retro-rocker 'Stoneroller' prove. THROUGH THE RAIN also touches on a wide variety of lyrical themes, including stories of love lost and won, songs that question political motives, and introspective topics such as what happens after this life is over.
The musician line-up on THROUGH THE RAIN gives the album a wide variety of feels and grooves. The drumming is split between long time Alastair Greene Band drummer Tom Lackner (who has been touring with Jeff Bridges) and former Dishwalla drummer George Pendergast. AGB bassist Jim Rankin, former Summercamp bassist Misha Feldmann and Greene himself share bass duties. As a special treat for guitar fans, Ty Tabor (guitarist for the legendary King's X) engages in a guitar solo trade-off with Greene on the first single from the record 'By The Way'.
"Alastair should be playing with the biggest bands in the world. I believe it's just a matter of time." - Alan Parsons
SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT (CC Review)
ALL ACCESS MAGAZINE (CD Review)
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Belgrade Blues - dr Project Point Blank Blues Band
Point Blank, probably, the first real blues band in former Yugoslavia, enough honest and brave to dive deep into the blues idiom at the time which was over piled with music so much different from blues, as well as fighting against, for so, so long, firmly established opinion that Balkans couldn't cope with such kind of feelings arose from dark depths of American black society's spiritual tradition. English language finally cemented down the prejudice, casting away an idea to playing blues music as already highly respected form of musical expression. But..., as always happens, something was creeping out from the cellar!
The very beginning of the summer 1983 found Dragoljub Crncevic-Baki, the prodigal son, and two, the off-road pals of his, one Timothy Davis an American, the other Michael Sulc an Australian, coming to visit Baki's hometown Belgrade, in which somewhere in shadows languished Dragan Markovic, a. k. a. Mare di Luna, waiting for an opportunity to knock!
That summer was good as any other, and almost out of nothing came out the very first true YU blues outfit, Dr. Project - Point Blank. During that summer, Dr. Project - Point Blank boasted quite a reputation as a blues group through live appearances, which led to an idea of recording the very first YU LP in English, entirely self composed, which would range from bottleneck to all-electric city blues based on Chicago and Detroit downtown guitar styles. Again, as usually happens, drummer Michael Sulc got homesick and left. Not long after that another fine drummer, Miroljub Vilotijevic, was augmented to the group. The wheels started turning...!
Mr. Djordje Debac, musical producer of PGP-RTB, was wise enough, after listening to demo, for not longer than five minutes, to give the group their first contract. The necessary time for recording in studio came along.
The very outfit, mentioned above, comprising of D. Crncevic-Baki (vocal, guitars), D. Markovic (guitars), Timothy Davis (vocals, bass) and M. Vilotijevic (drums, percussion), brought out their first born and gave him his Christian name, The Blues!
After, by critics, well received first album and public acclaim, Point Blank proved, for the first time in the history of YU rock, that English language and musical expression in its blues form couldn't have been a barrier for approaching wider audience.
That fact opened the door to formation of the steady blues scene first in Belgrade, then in other cities like Novi Sad, Nis, Zagreb, etc. Finally blues became incorporated into Yugoslav musical body for good. At the time of the first LP Timothy Davis unfortunately left, and was briefly replaced by the newcomer Sasa Labudovic. However, by second album group's direction was begining to shift away from the blues as evidenced in numbers such as Glass Rider and Sisters of Mercy, as well as experimenting with rhythm in Broken Toillette's Seat Blues, showing necessary complexity in arrangements throughout the material. Well composed, arranged and imaginative, Dr. Project - Point Blank, the second album remains possibly the finest Point Blank's album to date.
In late summer 1986, not long after very successful Mid-European tour, due to internal stresses D. Markovic departed to form his own group, Di Luna Blues Band, which is doing well since then. Replacement was found in Aleksandar Kozakijevich with whome band kept on constant gigging across former Yugoslavia. By the end of 1991 along came well known crissis. Yugoslavia was splitted and the band fell apart altogether. Point Blank went down into a period of hibernation.
During 1995 and 1996, Point Blank came out as trio, D. Crncevic (vocal, guitars) with R. Bulatovic (bass) and M. Karlovic (drums), cutting rather disappointing, Southern Comfort, their third album, falling apart for the second time after a handful of gigs.
In attempt to put up Point Blank on its feet again, D. Crncevic gathered completely new outfit consisting of one time member A. Kozakijevich (guitar), D. Grujic (keyboards), D. Petrovic (bass), G. Ilic (drums), (who replaced B. Balos), with the addition of the third guitarist B. Milosevic.
This lineup recorded much improved Sunny Sky, the fourth album, by the end of summer 1997. In that formation Point Blank has been touring Yugoslavia, Macedonia and Italy during 1997 and 1998. Not long after Christmas 1998 all members left except keyboards player Darko Grujic and founder member Dragoljub Crncevic. Two young musicians were brought in, Zoran Milenkovic on bass and Jovan Pejcinovic on drums, which rounded up new, rejuvenated quartet, ready to bite down hard! After a couple of months of rehearsing during 2000 this new formation occupied studio, for a week’s time during December the same year, and recorded excellent LP having John O'Leary, prominent British harmonica hero, as a guest.
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Hosszúlábu asszony - Hobo Blues Band
A Hobo Blues Band (vagy a kezdőbetűkből rövidítve HBB) egy magyar blues-rockegyüttes, amely 1978-tól 2011-ig működött. Az együttes Földes László "Hobo" becenevéről kapta a nevét, aki az egyik alapító tag. Kezdetben The Doors-, Jimi Hendrix- és The Rolling Stones-számokat játszottak, majd saját stílusuk is ezt a hangvételt vette át, amely blues-rock, rock and roll, hard rock és tradicionális blues elemekből áll.
Később a magyar könnyűzene számos meghatározó, kiemelkedő alakja megtalálható volt a zenekar tagjai között, mint például: Póka Egon, Tátrai Tibor, Solti János, Deák Bill Gyula, Döme Dezső, Fuchs László, Szénich János, Tóth János Rudolf, Tomsits Rudolf, Závodi János. Első hangversenyük a Lőrinci Ifjúsági Parkban, első klubjuk pedig a MOM Kultúrházban volt. Vendégművészek voltak koncertjeiken például Presser Gábor és Allen Ginsberg amerikai költő is.
Országszerte és határon túl is rendszeresen koncerteztek, rendszeres vendégei voltak a különböző művészeti rendezvényeknek, valamint a színházakban is gyakran lehetett találkozni velük önálló szerzői esteken, mint például Viszockij, József Attila és Faludy György, valamint Földes László első saját színdarabjával, a Csattanoga Csucsuval, amelyet 2007-ben mutattak be Debrecenben.
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What Have I Done Wrong - Sailor Boy
New Orleans vocalist Alex Spearman cut his first records (under the name Sailor Boy) in California with Johnny Otis while there with the Navy in the mid-50s. By the 60s he was out of the service & back in New Orleans where he cut a 45 for the RIP label before falling in with Hines related artists the Hi-Liters and their guitarist/songwriter Leon (Dave) Bonds. This resulted in a grip of mid-60s 45s on the Satin, Dover, White Cliffs & Choctaw labels which variously featured production or writing credits for Bonds or Hines. Spearman’s biggest seller was Down The Aisle which appeared on both White Cliff & Choctaw. After this flurry of recordings Spearman has 1970s 45s on the Volume & Rosemont labels as well as a 1980s release on Kolab. Alex Spearman had a fine voice and all these 1960s 45s are well worth checking out, he was also a good songwriter with a number of these tracks being his own compositions.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
The Voodoo Boogie - LEE PONS
Lee was born into a musical family--dad was a musician playing with big bands such as Harry Belafonte, Duke Ellington and Danny Kaye. At age 16, Lee was already playing in the clubs around town and later he earned two degrees from Julliard. He's a multi-instrumentalist and can play pretty much any style, but jazz and blues are in his blood.
Lee spent a lot of time in New Orleans, where he played in clubs, backrooms and juke joints learning all he could about the New Orleans style of jazz, blues and R&B.
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Step It Up And Go - Moses Rascoe
by Jim O'Neal
Moses Rascoe got his first guitar in North Carolina at the age of 13 and turned professional in Pennsylvania some 50-odd years later. In between, he traveled the roads as a day laborer and truck driver, playing guitar only for "a dollar or a drink," as he told Jack Roberts in Living Blues. But he'd picked up plenty of songs over the years, from old Brownie McGhee Piedmont blues to Jimmy Reed's '50s jukebox hits, and when he retired from trucking at the age of 65, he gave his music a shot. The local folk-music community took notice, as did blues and folk festivals from Chicago to Europe. Rascoe recorded his first album live at Godfrey Daniels, a Pennsylvania coffeehouse, in 1987.
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I Loved Another Woman - Henrik Freischlader
Henrik Freischlader (born November 3, 1982) is a German blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, and autodidactic multi-instrumentalist from Wuppertal, Germany.
During his teenage years, he started his career as a blues guitarist and singer in bands such as Lash and Bluescream. In 2004, he formed the Henrik Freischlader Band and released his first album "The Blues" in 2006. The follow-up album "Get Closer" was released a year later in 2007. A live album then followed in 2008 entitled "Henrik Freischlader Band Live". Henrik Freischlader's style of music cannot only be considered blues. He often blends in musical styles such as rock, jazz, soul, and funk, even though blues is the basis of all of his songs. His guitar-playing is influenced by Gary Moore, Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King, Peter Green, Albert Collins, and Albert King. Growing up, Freischlader taught himself how to play the drums, the bass guitar, the guitar, and various other instruments. On his studio album "Recorded by Martin Meinschäfer" (2009) he plays all instruments - guitars, bass guitar, drums, percussion, and hammond organ. In addition to this, he composed the songs, wrote the lyrics, produced the record, and released it on his own record label Cable Car Records. A second live album - "Tour 2010 Live" - was published in late 2010 after an extensive tour through Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Henrik Freischlader has played with his band throughout Europe. Current band members are Theofilos Fotiadis (bass guitar, backing vocals), Björn Krüger (drums, backing vocals), and Moritz "Mr. Mo" Fuhrhop (hammond organ). They are currently on tour with Freischlader's latest studio album "Still Frame Replay" (2011), on which he, again, plays most of the instruments. Moritz Fuhrhop (hammond organ) and Max Klaas (percussion) joined him in the studio for "Still Frame Replay". As special guest, his friend Joe Bonamassa plays the solo guitar on the title track.
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Minnie Marks
Minnie Marks is a 17 year old singer/songwriter/guitarist from the mid-north coast. Her performance is like a pack of fruit tingles being thrown into a bottle of coke. With a smile as happy as the sunshine, an undeniable soul and a right hand like a machine gun, Minnie is quickly making a household name for herself in the industry as the "Finest young guitar player in Australia" as said by Julz Parker (named Australia's best female guitar player by Phil Emmanuel). With her fresh, groovy style, showmanship and fearless obsession for her music, it has pushed the limits of guitar, vocals and performance, which has touted her "the next big thing".
Recently Minnie took out the 'Emerging Artist' title at the Nannup Music Festival in Western Australia and a few weeks later taking out the 'Busking over Byron' competition to perform on the Juke Joint stage at Bluesfest giving a show suggested by one interviewer as "nearly stealing Bluesfest" proving she is rapidly conquering both sides of the country.
In January 2010 she released her 1st album 'Mystery Box' which is available on iTunes. Minnie is currently focused on writing a new album, which is to be released early next year. With a burning desire to keep writing, performing and expanding her knowledge of music and life...What is to come in the next few years looks eclectic, lively, exciting and adventurous.
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Acoustic Blues - Dave Murphy
There will hardly be a musician in New Zealand who has not heard of Dave Murphy. He is legendary for all the right reasons. He draws his inspiration from experience; traveling through the USA, gigging in Chicago, sitting at the feet of blues masters, chatting to whoever will listen about blues music and buying so many cowboy boots that they hardly fit into his suitcase. Dave's paid his blues dues in 100's of venues, singing and playing with passion and consummate skill to whoever's there. Nowadays, Dave plays as many solo gigs as he does band gigs with the Red Dog Saloon Band.
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We Juke Up In Here! New Blues Film We Juke Up In Here Set for April Release on Both Big Screen and DVD
Makers of Award-Winning 2008 Film “M For Mississippi”
Return with New Documentary on Mississippi Juke Joints
(CLARKSDALE, MS) – The hotly anticipated new blues film, “We Juke Up In Here: Mississippi’s Juke Joint Culture at the Crossroads”, (www.wejukeupinhere.com) will have its world premiere on Friday, April 13 at the Delta Cinema at 11 Third Street in Clarksdale, MS. The event is free and open to the public. The inaugural screening is being sponsored by Delta Music Experience (www.amandagresham.com). The event takes place as the kick-off to Juke Joint Festival weekend in Clarksdale (www.jukejointfestival.com). The film’s premiere kicks off at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 13 with a reception and meet-and-greet with the filmmakers in the lobby of the Delta Cinema. The reception will feature refreshments and live music by several artists featured in the film, including Elmo Williams, Hezekiah Early and Robert Lee “Lil’ Poochie” Watson. The film will screen at 7 p.m. following the reception. “We Juke Up In Here” follows music producers Roger Stolle and Jeff Konkel as they explore what remains of Mississippi’s once-thriving network of juke joints – the down-home, quasi-legal blues clubs that have served as the testing ground for blues talent in Mississippi for more than a century. “We Juke Up In Here” pulls back the curtain on the state’s contemporary juke joint culture through exciting musical performances, compelling interviews and rare on-camera experiences. The film is a joint production of Broke & Hungry Records (www.brokeandhungryrecords.com) and Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art (www.cathead.biz). The project was produced in partnership with the Associazione Roots ‘n’ Blues of Parma, Italy (www.rootsandblues.org). “Through the years, Roger and I have spent countless nights hanging out in down-home juke joints throughout the Delta, drinking cheap beer and enjoying some of the hottest blues imaginable,” said Konkel, owner of Broke & Hungry Records. “Over time, we’ve seen some subtle and some not-so-subtle changes in Mississippi’s juke joint culture. With this project, we’ve tried to address some of those changes by going straight to the source: The juke joint owners and the musicians they hire. The end result is an insider’s look at the past, present and future of Mississippi’s juke joint tradition.” “We Juke Up In Here” reunites Konkel and Stolle with Damien Blaylock, their co-director for the award-winning 2008 film “M For Mississippi.” Also returning from the earlier film is sound engineer Bill Abel. Rounding out the production team for “We Juke Up In Here” is co-producer Lou Bopp who provided still photography and shared cinematography duties with Blaylock. “We Juke Up In Here” will be released as a deluxe two-disc collection in April with a DVD featuring the documentary along with exciting bonus features and a CD soundtrack with music from the film plus additional recordings by the featured artists. A full-color pullout booklet includes insightful essays by the filmmakers along with extraordinary photos of the featured musicians, juke joints and proprietors. The collection is available for pre-order at www.wejukeupinhere.com for just $25 (including worldwide shipping). In late March the set’s price will increase to $29.99 plus shipping and handling. Orders are slated to ship in the second week of April. “We made the decision early in our planning for ‘We Juke Up In Here’ to make the collection as comprehensive as possible,” said Stolle, owner of Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art. “We want our customers to really get a feel for Mississippi’s contemporary juke joint culture, so we’ve included all kinds of extras on the DVD, including optional English closed-captioning, optional French and Italian subtitles, extended and deleted scenes, artist and filmmaker biographies, a photo gallery and more. We also compiled a scorching CD soundtrack featuring 14 performances featured in the film. It’s the next best thing to a trip to the Delta.” In addition to generous support from the Associazione Roots ‘n’ Blues of Parma, Italy and Delta Music Experience, “We Juke Up In Here” was made possible by these additional sponsors: AJStephans Company/Jeff Rose (www.ajstephans.com), Blues For A Cause (www.bluesforacause.org), Blues Matters Magazine (www.bluesmatters.com), Cathead Vodka (www.catheadvodka.com), Il Blues Magazine (www.ilbluesmagazine.it), Jerry and Marge Konkel, Lemuria Books (www.lemuriabooks.com), Grant Mills, Nayati Dreams (www.nayatidreams.fr), The New Roxy (www.newroxyclarksdale.com), Scot Randle, Roadhouse Lou, and Smokestack Blues (www.smokestackblues.com). ###
PHOTOS BY LOU BOPP (COVER DESIGN BY JOEY GRISHAM): |
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Gorgeous Tone Records artist: Suzanne and the Blues Church - The Cost of Love - New Release Review
I have been listening to the new release, The Cost Of Love, by Suzanne and The Blues Church. This is a debut effort by singer, guitarist and songwriter Suzanne Thomas who has recently been playing guitar and bass with Taste of Honey. The Cost Of Love is a contemporary blues recording with Suzanne taking the lead throughout writing 8 of the 10 tracks as well as taking on vocal and lead guitar. Suzanne began playing piano at the age of six and switched over to guitar in her twenties so she has a professional grasp on music construction. The recording is full of hot guitar riffs and professional backing by Ray Bailey, Jerry Jones-Haskins, Frank W. Garrett, Patrice, Bruce Edwards, "Rev" Charles Jones, Tyree, BR Milton and Jimmy "Z". The recording doesn't stagnate in a singular groove but moves around in a number of blues areas but most songs of tortured love. Suzanne covers All Your Love and Damn Right (I Got The Blues). Musta Been Gone Too Long is a funky blues that will get you up and moving.Dusty 6 String Box is a old tale told over a blues riff played on an old acoustic guitar (sound). Suzanne doesn't wait long after the conclusion of this to jump on the gas with Poor Man's Dream, a funk infused rock blues. Set Me Free has a dual guitar lead, one under the mix and one on top of the mix cutting with Suzanne's best vocals on the recording.
Overall an interesting recording. Check it out!
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This recording is not on the cd but is representative of Suzanne's capabilities.
Europe announce "Bag of Bones" November 2012 UK Tour
Academy Events and the DHP in association with The Agency Group are pleased to announce Europe’s Bag of Bones UK Tour 2012. Hot off the heels of last year’s Balls N’ Banners UK Tour and sold out concert at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire (where they filmed their recent live DVD), Sweden’s biggest hard rock band undertakes a nationwide UK tour in November 2012.
An exclusive 48-Hour Ticket Pre-sale for Europe fans will happen on Wednesday 7th March at 9am via www.planetrock.com. Tickets will then go on sale to the general public on Friday 9th March at 9am via www.ticketweb.co.uk and www.eventim.co.uk. All tickets are priced £18.50, with the exception of London (£20).
The UK tour dovetails the recent announcement of Europe’s new single Not Supposed To Sing The Blues, released digitally by iTunes throughout the UK and Europe on Friday March 9th, followed by their 9th studio album, Bag of Bones, released in the UK on Monday 30th April.
Last year, Classic Rock Magazine rated Europe’s previous album, Last Look At Eden, as one of the best hard rock albums of 2009, citing them as - "One of the few bands around still making consistently thrilling rock records.”
Metal Hammer praised Europe for their outstanding concerts - “Europe’s live show pulls together all ages, and tastes for a feel-good finale that smells like total victory.”
Joey Tempest - Vocals
John Norum - Guitars
John Leven – Bass Guitar
Mic Michaeli - Keyboards
Ian Haugland – Drums
Best known for their 1986 global classic rock anthem, The Final Countdown, the Swedish rockers received unanimous praise a heavier bluesy, hip-shaking metal sound. The new album, Bag of Bones, is produced by Kevin Shirley (Black Stone Cherry, Aerosmith, Black Country Communion, Joe Bonamassa, Led Zeppelin). Celebrated blues rock guitarist, Joe Bonamassa, makes a guest appearance on the title track, Bag of Bones.
Europe vocalist Joey Tempest believes that 2009’s Last Look At Eden album was a significant turning point for the band. That album proved to be Europe’s most important record since The Final Countdown. Now, with the highly anticipated release of Bag of Bones, Tempest says Europe is “ready to do some serious damage.”
Regional Tickets: £18.50 Advance
London Tickets: £20.00 Advance
Credit Card Hotline for all UK shows – 0844 477 2000
Book Online: www.ticketweb.co.uk
(excluding Manchester) - 0844 478 0898
(excluding Nottingham) - 0845 413 4444
(excluding Cardiff) - 02920 230 130
Birmingham O2 Academy
Wednesday 21 November
Box Office: 0844 477 2000
www.ticketweb.co.uk
www.o2academybirmingham.co.uk
16-18 Horsefair, Bristol Street, Birmingham, B1 1DB
Glasgow O2 ABC
Thursday 22 November
Box Office: 0844 477 2000
www.ticketweb.co.uk
www.o2abc.co.uk
300 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JA
Manchester HMV Ritz
Friday 23 November
Tickets £18.50
Box Office 0844 478 0898
www.hmvritz.com
Doors: 6:30pm
Whitworth Street West, Manchester, M1 5NQ
Newcastle O2 Academy
Sunday 25th November
Box Office: 0844 477 2000
www.ticketweb.co.uk
www.o2academynewcastle.co.uk
Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 1SW
Leeds O2 Academy
Monday 26th November
Box Office: 0844 477 2000
www.ticketweb.co.uk
www.o2academyleeds.co.uk
55 Cookridge Street, Leeds, LS2 3AW
Nottingham Rock City
Tuesday 27 November
Box Office: 0845 413 4444
www.alt-tickets.co.uk
www.rock-city.co.uk
8 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GG
Bristol O2 Academy
Thursday 29 November
Box Office: 0844 477 2000
www.ticketweb.co.uk
www.o2academybristol.co.uk
Frogmore Street, Bristol, BS1 5NA
Cardiff Coal Exchange
Friday 30 November
Box Office: 02920 230 130
www.seetickets.com
www.coalexchange.co.uk
Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, CF10 5EB
London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
Saturday 1 December
Box Office: 0844 477 2000
www.ticketweb.co.uk
www.o2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk
Shepherds Bush Green, London, W12 8TT
EUROPE - OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Formed north of Stockholm in the early 80s, Europe was originally called ‘Force’. Their initial influences included Thin Lizzy, UFO and the Michael Schenker Group.
To date, Europe has recorded nine studio albums and sold over 15 million records. Their biggest and most well known hit singles include The Final Countdown, Rock The Night, Carrie and Superstitious.
After a hiatus in the 1990's, Europe returned in 2004 with the album Start From The Dark. Since the new millennium, Europe has released 4 studio albums, 2 live DVD's and toured extensively around the world.
Europe are about to release their 9th album Bag of Bones on Monday 30th April 2012. The new album includes the single Not Supposed To Sing The Blues. The album is produced by Kevin Shirley and features blues rock guitarist, Joe Bonamassa playing guitar on the title track, Bag of Bones.
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