Here are a few excerpts from the almost 50 CDs reviewed in Blues
Revue this month:
JEFF TURMES
Five Horses, Four Riders
Fat Head
For a musician who made a name for himself as a sideman decades ago
with James Harman and still plays bass in Mavis Staples’ band,
Jeff Turmes has more than come into his own as a front-of-the-stage
artist.
JOE BONAMASSA
Black Rock
J & R Adventures
An interesting aspect of Bonamassa is that he routinely inserts
clever lead lines into his solos referencing past greats, little
treats pulled out of the air for staunch fans to recognize. He takes
John Hiatt’s “I Know a Place” into a British blues environment
– the solo has an air of Clapton about it, and the chorus rhythm
is reminiscent of Jimmy Page.
Some cool video's of the bands below!
CHRISTINE OHLMAN
The Deep End
Don’t let the beehive hair or glammed-up persona fool you.
Christine Ohlman can deliver the goods....With a delivery that
carries all the joy of early rock and roll, Ohlman owns the voice of
choice for every style from edgy blues to tender R&B to sweet
country to bittersweet singer-songwriter.
THE KILBORN ALLEY BLUES BAND
Better Off Now
Blue Bella Records
Much of the rest of Better Off Now follows a similar blueprint: gritty, barroom Chicago blues mixed with just enough rock ‘n’ roll bluster to satisfy any blues-rock fan that might stumble into the party.
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Inside
this issue:
Our feature Artist is Joe Louis Walker!
With a great story about Joe Louis Walker, The Blues Renaissance
Man by Sandra Pointer - Jones.
Steady Rollin’ Bob Margolin's
column explores how technology has changed the life of a touring
musician. He writes about his days in 1975 and then travels to the
present with all today’s electronic gadgets.
Roger Stolle's column introduces readers to blues singer Mary
Ann “Action” Jackson of Senatobia, Mississippi. Jackson tells of
her blues life through the real life Mississippi experiences.
Some cool video's of the bands below!
Nick Curran & the Lowlifes
Reform School Girl
Delta Groove Productions
Nick Curran’s Reform School Girl is a CD version of those great 1950s juvenile delinquent/rock ‘n’ roll ‘B’ movies (in fact, Reform School Girl is the title of a 1957 ‘B’). In our Q&A, Nick tells reader his Top 10 Killer ‘B’ movies and his Top 10 Singles
list.
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Ever see your grandmother playing a Strat behind her head? Read
about how
Beverly “Guitar” Watson pulls that off at her show with Mudcat
in this issue’s Club BR. Our writers also take our readers into
live shows by the
Holmes Brothers, Christine Ohlman, and the Sahara Desert
Groove of Tinariwen.
How do you build a guitar solo? How important is electronics?
How do jazz and blues fit together?
Blues Revue invites you to listen in to a very special
backstage talk between
Little Charlie Baty and
JW-Jones as they discuss these questions in a new segment
called Knee to Knee.
In Right On The Number, David Barrett shows readers how
mastering octaves adds to their big tone on the harmonica
More CD excerpts:
MORELAND & ARBUCKLE
Flood
Telarc
Given their youthful, passionate delivery and undeniable groove, they’re a sonic counterpart to Kimbrough and Burnside’s hill country music, resembling the highly charged, kinetic overtones of the equally bass-less Black Keys.
Some cool video's of the
bands above!
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